Josh Hawley (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Missouri. He assumed office on January 3, 2019. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.
Hawley (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Missouri. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 5, 2024.
He defeated two-term incumbent Claire McCaskill (D) and challengers Craig O'Dear (Independent), Japheth Campbell (L), and Jo Crain (G) to win the seat.
At 39 years of age, Hawley was the youngest member of the U.S. Senate during the 116th Congress.
Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, Hawley served as the attorney general of Missouri from 2017 to 2019. He litigated and won two cases at the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the co-counsel on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby.
Hawley was included on President Donald Trump’s (R) list of 20 potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees released on September 9, 2020. President Trump (R) nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the seat on September 26, 2020.
Hawley graduated with honors from Stanford University. He then attended Yale Law School; while there, he led the Yale branch of the Federalist Society and served as articles editor for The Yale Law Journal. After receiving his law degree, he completed clerkships at the U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He also served as a litigator in the national appellate practice of Hogan Lovells US LLP in Washington, D.C.
He taught constitutional law at the University of Missouri law school and served as senior counsel to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. He litigated and won two cases at the Supreme Court of the United States and was the co-counsel on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby.
Along with David Kennedy, Hawley is the author of Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness, published by Yale University Press in 2008.
Hawley lives in central Missouri with his wife, Erin—a national appellate lawyer—and their two sons.
