What is Josh Hawley’s Net Worth?
Josh Hawley, a US Senator who defeated incumbent Claire McCaskill in 2018, has a net worth of $1.1 million, according to reports. His most recent financial disclosure reveals that his net worth ranges between $500,000 and $1.7 million, after removing between $250,000 and $500,000 worth of liabilities.
Early Life and Education
Joshua David Hawley was born on December 31, 1979 in Springdale, Arkansas. His family soon moved to Lexington, Missouri. His mother is a teacher and his father worked in finance and banking.
He attended Stanford University, graduating in 2002 Phi Beta Kappa.
Between 2002 and 2003 he spent a year teaching at St Paul’s School in London before returning to attend Yale Law School. He graduated with his Juris Doctor in 2006.
After graduating, Hawley spent two years working as a law clerk for a U.S. Court of Appeals judge. He then clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts from 2007 to 2008.
Josh Hawley’s Political Career
In 2016, Hawley ran for and won the Republican primary for Attorney General of Missouri. He went on to win the general election later that year and served as Attorney General from 2017 to 2019.
During his time as AG, Hawley joined a lawsuit with 20 other Republican AGs seeking to declare the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. The lawsuit was eventually shut down on appeal. Hawley also investigated opioid manufacturers, tech companies like Google, and Catholic clergy.
In 2018, Hawley was elected to the US Senate, defeating incumbent Claire McCaskill.
Josh Hawley’s Role in the Capitol Riots
Senator Josh Hawley announced his intention to object to Electoral College results, which was widely criticized as a pointless act of theater to further his own political ambitions and appease Donald Trump. On January 6, as Hawley entered the Capitol, he put up a clenched fist and thumbs up salute to Trump’s soon-to-be traitorous rioters. After his salute, those rioters stormed the Capitol, clashed with police, broke into private offices, broke into the Senate and House floors, and left one rioter dead.
In the aftermath, there were calls for Hawley to be expelled or even arrested. His actions had the tint of treason and sedition. To make matters worse, he put out a fundraising plea while the riots were underway. Even after the riots, Hawley continued with his pointless electoral objection theater. His hometown paper, the Kansas City Star, posted an article titled “Assault on Democracy: Senator Josh Hawley has blood on his hands in Capital coup attempt.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch posted a headline “Hawley sets the constitution on fire and chaos ensues.” The Washington Post went with the headline “Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet ‘S’ of a seditionist.”
A day later, publishing company Simon & Schuster announced it had revoked a deal to release a book written by Hawley. Hawley complained about his First Amendment rights being taken away, despite the fact that there is clearly no First Amendment right to release a for-profit book. Furthermore, his Tweet complaining about the book deal was the first Tweet he had sent since the violent riots that he arguably helped cause. He did not send a Tweet denouncing the violent mob or calling for prayers for the people who were injured or lost their lives. One of the people murdered in the riots was a Capitol Policeman.
Josh Hawley’s Personal Life
Josh Hawley and Erin Morrow met while working as clerks for John Roberts. They got married in 2010 and have three children.
