Federal Officials Serving Johnson County 

Click on an election date for the most recent Johnson County election returns for that office.

Executive Branch

OFFICE	OFFICIAL	DATE ELECTED	TERM EXPIRES
PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT (Term: 4 years)	President GEORGE W. BUSH Vice President DICK CHENEY THE WHITE HOUSE 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE WASHINGTON DC 20500 202-456-1414 Fax: 202-456-2883 Party: Rep	11/02/2004 (2nd term)	01/20/2009

1. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
2. President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)

Cabinet Members

Cabinet page (White House web site)
Appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.  Succession to the Presidency is in the order in which the executive departments were established, as follows:

• Department of State: Secretary Condoleezza Rice
• Department of Treasury:  Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
• Department of Defense: Secretary Robert Gates
• Department of Justice: Attorney General Michael Mukasey
• Department of Interior:  Secretary Dirk Kempthorne
• Department of Agriculture: Secretary Edward Schafer
• Department of Commerce: Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
• Department of Labor:  Secretary Elaine Chao *
• Department of Health and Human Services:  Secretary Mike Leavitt
• Department of Housing and Urban Development:  Secretary Alphonso Jackson (resignation effective April 18, 2008)
• Department of Transportation:  Secretary Mary Peters
• Department of Energy: Secretary Samuel Bodman
• Department of Education: Secretary Margaret Spellings
• Department of Veterans Affairs:  Secretary James Peake
• Department of Homeland Security: Secretary Michael Chertoff

* Labor Secretary Chao is ineligible to succeed to the Presidency as she is not a native-born U.S. citizen (US Constitution, Article II, Section 1).

Legislative Branch

 

OFFICE	OFFICIAL		DATE ELECTED	TERM EXPIRES
U.S. SENATOR (Term: 6 years)	CHARLES GRASSLEY 135 HART SENATE OFF BLDG WASHINGTON DC  20510 202-224-3744     Fax: 202-224-6020 101 1ST ST SE 206 FEDERAL BLDG CEDAR RAPIDS IA  52401 319-363-6832   Fax: 319-363-7179 Party: Rep Home: Cedar Falls		11/02/2004 (5th term, first elected 1980)	12/31/2010
U.S. SENATOR (Term: 6 years)	TOM HARKIN 731 HART SENATE OFF BLDG WASHINGTON DC 20510 202-224-3254 Fax: 202-224-7431 150 1ST AVE NE 370 PO BOX 74884 CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52407 319-393-6374 Fax: 319-365-4683 Party: Dem Home: Cumming		11/05/2002 (4th term, first elected 1984)	12/31/2008
U.S. Senate Home Page
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (Term: 2 years) 2nd District U.S. Representatives Serving Other Iowa Counties	DAVE LOEBSACK 1513 LONGWORTH HOB WASHINGTON DC 20515 202-225-6576 PLAZA CENTRE ONE 125 S DUBUQUE ST IOWA CITY IA 52240 351-0789 Party: Dem Home: Mt. Vernon		11/07/2006 (1st term)	12/31/2008

COUNTIES IN 2ND DISTRICT

• Iowa Congressional District Map (Iowa Secretary of State)
• U.S. House of Representatives Home Page

• Redistricting

Judicial Branch

Justices of the United States Supreme Court

Supreme Court Web Site

Nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.  Listed by seniority with exception of Chief Justice.

CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS
Nominated by President George W. Bush; sworn in September 29, 2005.

JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS
Nominated by President Ford; sworn in December 19, 1975.

JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA
Nominated by President Reagan; sworn in September 26, 1986.

JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY
Nominated by President Reagan; sworn in February 18, 1988.

JUSTICE DAVID SOUTER
Nominated by President George H.W. Bush; sworn in October 9, 1990.

JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS
Nominated by President George H.W. Bush; sworn in October 23, 1991.

JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG
Nominated by President Clinton; sworn in August 10, 1993.

JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER
Nominated by President Clinton; sworn in August 3, 1994.

JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO
Nominated by President George W. Bush; sworn in January 31, 2006.