Here's a look at the life of former House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Birthdate: January 29, 1970
Place of birth: Janesville, Wisconsin
Birth name: Paul Davis Ryan
Father: Paul M. Ryan, attorney
Mother: Elizabeth “Betty” (Hutter) Ryan Douglas
Marriage: Janna (Little) Ryan (December 2, 2000-present)
Children: Liza, Charlie, Sam
Education: Miami University (Ohio), BA, 1992
Religion: Roman Catholic
Ryan's father died of a heart attack when Ryan was 16 years old.
Double major in economics and political science at Miami University (Ohio).
Ryan is a fitness enthusiast and enjoys bowhunting.
1992 – Legislative assistant to Senator Robert Kasten of Wisconsin.
1993-1995 – Staff assistant and speechwriter for the think tank Empower America, co-founded by Rep. Jack Kemp (R-NY).
1995-1997 – Legislative director for Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas.
November 3, 1998 – He is elected to the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st District. Ryan was re-elected in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016.
2011-2014 – President of the House Budget Committee.
March 29, 2012 – Ryan's 2013 budget proposal passes the Republican-controlled House, 228-191. The budget plan is later defeated in the Senate by 57 votes in favor and 40 against.
August 11, 2012 – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announces Ryan as his vice presidential nominee.
August 17, 2012 – Released tax documents show Ryan and his wife earned $323,416 in 2011 and paid an effective tax rate of 20%.
November 6, 2012 – The Romney-Ryan ticket is defeated in the general election by the Obama-Biden ticket, but Ryan wins an eighth term representing Wisconsin's 1st district.
October 8, 2013 – The Wall Street Journal publishes an op-ed by Ryan amid the 16-day government shutdown, in which Ryan discusses the challenges of reaching a budget deal.
December 2013 – Ryan and Senate Budget Chair Patty Murray reach a budget agreement that avoids a shutdown until 2015. It was approved in the House of Representatives by 332 votes in favor and 94 against and in the Senate by 64 to 36, and is signed by President Barack Obama.
July 24, 2014 – Ryan releases a 73-page plan to fight poverty, called “Expanding Opportunity in America.”
January 6, 2015-October 29, 2015 – President of the Ways and Means Commission.
October 22, 2015 – He officially announces that he is running for House Speaker.
October 28, 2015 – House Republicans nominate Ryan for House Speaker.
October 29, 2015 – He becomes the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
April 12, 2016 – Ending speculation that he could be selected as the Republican presidential candidate during the party's summer convention in Cleveland, Ryan declares, “I do not and will not accept the nomination… Count me out.”
November 8, 2016 – Ryan wins reelection to the House, defeating Democrat Ryan Solen 65% to 32%.
January 3, 2017 – Ryan is re-elected speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
December 22, 2017 – President Donald Trump signs legislation to overhaul the U.S. tax code, an issue the president has long supported.
April 11, 2018 – He announces that he is not seeking re-election.
January 3, 2019 – He is retiring from Congress.
March 2019 – Appointed to the board of directors of Fox Corporation and serves as chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
April 15, 2019 – The University of Notre Dame announces that Ryan will be a visiting professor of political science and economics during the 2019-2020 academic year.
October 28, 2019 – Ryan announces the launch of the American Idea Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting poverty.
February 2021 – Ryan joins private equity firm Solamere Capital as a partner and chair of the Executive Partner Group.
