Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by
John Ensign
Succeeded by
Jerry Moran
49th Attorney General of Texas
In office January 13, 1999 – December 1, 2002
Governor
George W. Bush Rick Perry
Preceded by
Dan Morales
Succeeded by
Greg Abbott
Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
In office January 2, 1991 – October 18, 1997
Preceded by
Franklin Spears
Succeeded by
Deborah Hankinson
Judge of the Texas 37th Judicial District Court
In office January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1991
Preceded by
Richard Woods
Succeeded by
Ann-Marie Aaron
Personal details
Born
John Cornyn III
(1952-02-02) February 2, 1952 (age 72) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Sandy Hansen
(m. 1979)
Children
2
Education
Trinity University (BA) St. Mary's University, Texas (JD) University of Virginia (LLM)
Website
Senate website
John Cornyn's voice
John Cornyn remarks on George Floyd and the naming of Juneteenth as a National Holiday Recorded June 16, 2021
John Cornyn III (/ˈkɔːrnɪn/COR-nin; born February 2, 1952) is an American politician, attorney, and former jurist serving as the senior United States senator from Texas, a seat he has held since 2002. A member of the Republican Party, he served on the Texas Supreme Court from 1991 to 1997 and as the attorney general of Texas from 1999 to 2002.
Born in Houston, Cornyn is a graduate of Trinity University and St. Mary's University School of Law and received an LL.M. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He was a judge on Texas's 37th District Court from 1985 to 1991.[1][2] He was elected an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court, where he served from 1991 to 1997. While serving on that court, Cornyn played an important role in crafting its decision to uphold the constitutionality of Texas's anti-sodomy law (later ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas).
In 1998, Cornyn was elected Attorney General of Texas, serving one term before winning a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2002. He was reelected in 2008, 2014, and 2020. Cornyn chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2009 to 2013, and served as the Senate majority whip for the 114th and 115th Congresses.[3][4]
^"New Judges" (PDF). In Chambers. Vol. 11, no. 3. December 1984. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
^"New Judges" (PDF). In Chambers. Vol. 19, no. 1. January 1992. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
^John Wagner; Mike DeBonis (November 14, 2018). "Congressional leadership elections: House Republicans elect Kevin McCarthy as next leader; Pelosi seeks to shore up votes for speaker". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^"Cornyn Elected To NRSC Chairmanship" (Press release). National Republican Senatorial Committee. November 18, 2008. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008.
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the losing streak, losing the county in both his 2012 and 2018 bids. JohnCornyn, in all his senate bids since 2002 has never won this county, despite...
been campaigning for several months when the previous attorney general, JohnCornyn, vacated the post to run for the U.S. Senate. Abbott then switched his...
successful campaigns of John Ashcroft (1994 U.S. Senate election), Bill Clements (1986 Texas gubernatorial election), Senator JohnCornyn (2002 U.S. Senate...
Civil War Senator. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1962. Sherman, John. Recollections of Forty Years in The House, Senate, and Cabinet: An Autobiography...
(August 3, 2010). "Texas delegation in depth: JohnCornyn". chron.com. "Texas: Junior Senator Sen. JohnCornyn (R)". National Journal. June 22, 2005. Archived...
access for its candidate David B. Collins. In the end, JohnCornyn won re-election, 55%-43% John Warner announced on August 31, 2007, that he would not...
general election on November 2, 2010, he joined Shivers, Price Daniel, and John Connally as the only Texas governors elected to three terms (the terms served...
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