Jim Jordan (American politician)

Jim Jordan
Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office March 12, 2020
Preceded by	Doug Collins
Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee
In office January 3, 2019 – March 12, 2020
Preceded by	Elijah Cummings
Succeeded by	Mark Meadows
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2007
Preceded by	Mike Oxley
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 12th district
In office January 3, 2001 – December 31, 2006
Preceded by	Robert R. Cupp
Succeeded by	Keith Faber
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 85th district
In office January 3, 1995 – December 31, 2000
Preceded by	Jim Davis
Succeeded by	Derrick Seaver
Personal details
Born	James Daniel Jordan (1964-02-17) February 17, 1964 Urbana, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Polly Jordan
Children	4
Education	University of Wisconsin–Madison (BS) Ohio State University (MA) Capital University (JD)

James Daniel Jordan (born February 17, 1964) is an American politician. He has been the U.S. representative for Ohio's 4th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Jordan was the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee from 2019 to 2020. In February 2020, he left that committee to become the ranking member of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary.

In college, he was a wrestler.