Josh Hawley

Extracted Attributes

• Full Name

  Joshua David Hawley

• Alma Mater

  Stanford University (2002), Yale Law School (2006)

• Key Issues

  Criticism of Big Tech, criticism of Chinese government, support for Hong Kong's independence, resistance to entitlement reform

• Occupation

  Politician, Attorney

• Nationality

  American

• Date of Birth

  1979-12-31

• Place of Birth

  Springdale, Arkansas, U.S.

• Political Party

  Republican

• Political Stances

  Strongly socially conservative, populist

• Criticisms of Ideology

  Reactionary, theocratic

Timeline

• Born in Springdale, Arkansas, U.S. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Britannica)

  1979-12-31

• Graduated from Stanford University. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2002

• Graduated from Yale Law School. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2006

• Served as a law clerk for Judge Michael W. McConnell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. (Source: Britannica)

  2006-2007

• Served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. (Source: Britannica)

  2007-2008

• Worked in private law practice. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia, Britannica)

  2008-2011

• Moved back to Missouri. (Source: Britannica)

  2011

• Affiliated with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia, Britannica)

  2011-2015

• Involved in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. case through the Becket Fund. (Source: Britannica)

  2014

• Began serving as the 42nd Attorney General of Missouri. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2017-01-09

• Defeated incumbent Democratic senator Claire McCaskill in the U.S. Senate election. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2018-11-06

• Began serving as the senior United States Senator from Missouri. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Congress.gov)

  2019-01-03

• Became the first senator to announce plans to object to the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Britannica)

  2020-12

• Led Senate efforts to challenge the Electoral College vote count, actions perceived by some as inflammatory and linked to the Capitol attack. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2021-01-06

• Denied intending to overturn the 2020 election results. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2021-01

• Reelected as U.S. Senator from Missouri, defeating Lucas Kunce. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Britannica)

  2024-11-05

Josh Hawley

Joshua David Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Missouri, a seat he has held since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Hawley served as the 42nd attorney general of Missouri from 2017 to 2019, before defeating two-term incumbent Democratic senator Claire McCaskill in the 2018 election. He was reelected in 2024. Born in Springdale, Arkansas, to a banker and a teacher, Hawley graduated from Stanford University in 2002 and Yale Law School in 2006. After being a law clerk to Judge Michael W. McConnell and Chief Justice John Roberts, he worked as a lawyer, first in private practice from 2008 to 2011 and then for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty from 2011 to 2015. Before being elected Missouri attorney general, he was also an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law, and a faculty member of the conservative Blackstone Legal Fellowship. As Missouri attorney general, Hawley initiated several high-profile lawsuits and investigations, including a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, an investigation into Missouri governor Eric Greitens, and a lawsuit and investigation into companies associated with the opioid epidemic. His political beliefs have been described as strongly socially conservative, and populist. In December 2020, Hawley became the first senator to announce plans to object to the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 United States presidential election, and led efforts in the Senate to do so. Although he did not directly encourage the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, some observers perceived his actions as inflammatory. In January 2021, Hawley said he did not intend to overturn the election results.

Web Search Results

• Josh Hawley | Biography, Political Career, Controversy, & Facts

  Josh Hawley (born December 31, 1979, Springdale, Arkansas, U.S.) is an American Republican politician who was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018. Known for his firebrand conservative positions, Hawley was one of the first senators to announce that he would object to the certification of the 2020 presidential election in which Democrat Joe Biden defeated the Republican incumbent, Donald Trump. In 2024 Hawley won reelection against Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce. [...] After receiving a law degree in 2006, he clerked for Judge Michael W. McConnell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in 2006–07. Hawley also clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., in 2007–08. Hawley later worked as an attorney in private practice in Washington, D.C. In 2011 he moved back to Missouri, where he served as associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law. [...] From 2011 to 2015 Hawley was affiliated with a nonprofit organization known as the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. The organization provided legal assistance to litigants involved in religious freedom cases. Through the Becket Fund, Hawley notably became involved in the 2014 case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. The arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby objected to a mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that required companies to provide coverage of certain

• Josh Hawley - Wikipedia

  Joshua David Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Missouri

• Senator Josh Hawley - Congress.gov

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• About - Josh Hawley

  US Senator Josh Hawley previously served as Missouri's Attorney General. There he earned a reputation for taking on the big and the powerful to protect

• Sen. Josh Hawley - R Missouri, In Office - Biography - LegiStorm

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• Gender

  male

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  basketball player

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  10/28/1996

• Place Of Birth

  Irving

Joshua David Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the junior United States senator from Missouri since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Hawley served as the 42nd attorney general of Missouri from 2017 to 2019, before defeating two-term incumbent Democratic senator Claire McCaskill in the 2018 election. Born in Springdale, Arkansas, to a banker and a teacher, Hawley graduated from Stanford University in 2002 and Yale Law School in 2006. He was a law clerk to Tenth Circuit Judge Michael W. McConnell and Chief Justice John Roberts and then worked as a lawyer, first in private practice from 2008 to 2011 and then for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty from 2011 to 2015. Before becoming Missouri attorney general, he was also a post-graduate intern at St Paul's School in London, an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law, and a faculty member of the conservative Blackstone Legal Fellowship. As Missouri attorney general, Hawley initiated several high-profile lawsuits and investigations, including a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, an investigation into Missouri governor Eric Greitens, and a lawsuit and investigation into companies associated with the opioid epidemic. In the Senate, Hawley became widely known for his criticism of Big Tech, as well as for his criticism of the Chinese government and his support for an independent Hong Kong. His political beliefs have been described as strongly socially conservative. Critics have characterized his ideology as reactionary and theocratic. In December 2020, Hawley provoked a political backlash when he became the first senator to announce plans to object to the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 United States presidential election. Hawley led Senate efforts to overturn the Electoral College vote count and rallied supporters of the notion that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen, which subsequently motivated the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In late January 2021, Hawley denied trying to overturn the election results.