Justin Amash

Justin A. Amash (/əˈmɑːʃ/; born April 18, 1980) is an American lawyer and politician. He was the only Libertarian member of the United States Congress. He used to be a member of the Republican Party. In January 2011, he was elected as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 3rd congressional district. He left office in 2021.

Justin Amash
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd district
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2021
Preceded by	Vern Ehlers
Succeeded by	Peter Meijer
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 72nd district
In office January 1, 2009 – January 1, 2011
Preceded by	Glenn Steil
Succeeded by	Ken Yonker
Personal details
Born	(1980-04-18) April 18, 1980 (age 45) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Political party	Libertarian[1](2020–present)
Other political affiliations	Republican (until 2019) Independent[a] (2019–2020)
Spouse(s)	Kara Day
Children	3
Education	University of Michigan (BA, JD)
Website	House website

Amash chaired the Liberty Caucus and is the first and only Libertarian to hold a seat in Congress. Amash received national attention when he became the first Republican congressman to call for the impeachment of Donald Trump, a position he maintained after leaving the party. Even in 2025 several years after leaving office he speaks out about issues on the social platform X.

Although it was said that he would run for Libertarian nomination for the 2020 presidential election, he chose to run for reelection to the House as an independent.^[2][3] On April 28, 2020, he announced the formation of an exploratory committee to seek the Libertarian presidential nomination.^[4] However, he announced that he would not run for president on May 16.^[5][6]

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1. Congressional affiliation