John Boozman

Republican senior Senator of Arkansas

Representative
Arkansas, district 3
November 29, 2001 - January 3, 2003
Representative
Arkansas, district 3
January 7, 2003 - January 3, 2005
Representative
Arkansas, district 3
January 4, 2005 - January 3, 2007
Representative
Arkansas, district 3
January 4, 2007 - January 3, 2009
Representative
Arkansas, district 3
January 6, 2009 - January 3, 2011
Senator
Arkansas
January 5, 2011 - January 3, 2017
Senator
Arkansas
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2023
Senator
Arkansas
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2029

202-224-4843

@JohnBoozman

boozman.senate.gov

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December 10, 1950 (74 years old)

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American politician and former optometrist
Served as the senior United States senator since 2011
Previously served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas’s 3rd congressional district from 2001 to 2011
Dean of Arkansas’s congressional delegation
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Fort Smith, Arkansas
Brother of the late state senator Fay Boozman
Attended the University of Arkansas, played football for the Arkansas Razorbacks, and graduated from the Southern College of Optometry
Co-founded a private optometry clinic in 1977
Worked as a volunteer optometrist for low-income families
Served two terms on the Rogers Public School Board
Elected to Congress in a special election in 2001
Served as assistant majority whip and sat on the Republican Policy Committee in the House
Advocated for drug policy issues and chaired the Veterans’ Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
Led the passage of bills expanding services for unemployed veterans
Defeated Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln in the 2010 Senate election
Ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade and the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies
Senior member of the United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Became the senior senator from Arkansas in 2015
Re-elected in 2016 and 2022
Initially objected to the certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count but supported it after the Capitol attack
Has served on multiple Senate committees and caucuses, including the Air Force Caucus and Senate Broadband Caucus
Opposes abortion and supported Donald Trump’s presidential campaign
Has an A rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund
Voted against the Affordable Care Act and both of Trump’s impeachment trials
Supported withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement
Co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act
Voted against creating a January 6 commission to investigate the Capitol attack
Lives in Rogers with his wife, Cathy Marley Boozman, and has three daughters
Underwent emergency heart surgery in 2014 and a successful follow-up procedure in 2017