Joshua Whitehouse
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the Strafford 2nd district
In office
December 3, 2014 – December 7, 2016
Serving with Joseph Pitre
Preceded byRachel Burke[1]
Succeeded byJames Horgan
Personal details
Born
Joshua Daniel Whitehouse
EducationSaint Anselm College (BA)

Joshua Daniel Whitehouse is an American politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for the town of Farmington from 2014 to 2016.[2][3]

Early life and education

Whitehouse completed coursework towards a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Saint Anselm College.[4]

New Hampshire political career

Whitehouse has been a member of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee since 2014 and served on the Executive Board of the New Hampshire Young Republicans from 2013 to 2016.

From March 2015 to February 2016, Whitehouse worked as the coalitions coordinator for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign.[5] Because of his work on the campaign, Whitehouse was largely absent from votes in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and did not run for re-election in 2016.[6]

In 2023, Whitehouse endorsed the presidential campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy in the 2024 Republican primary. He serves as New Hampshire state director for the Ramaswamy campaign.[7]

Trump Administration

After Donald Trump was elected, Whitehouse served as an assistant to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics from January 20, 2017 to September 16, 2017.[8] After leaving the Department of Agriculture, Whitehouse worked on as communications director on Robert Burns' 2018 congressional campaign for New Hampshire's 2nd district. Burns placed fourth in the Republican primary.[9]

In March 2020, Whitehouse was appointed as the Trump administration's liaison to the Department of Homeland Security.[10] In September 2020, Whitehouse was appointed as the administration's liaison to the Department of Defense.[11][12]

In January 2021, acting defense secretary Christopher C. Miller appointed him to the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America, which was established by the 2021 NDAA.[13] On February 12, 2021, he and other Miller appointees to the commission were removed by newly-confirmed defense secretary Lloyd Austin.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Campaigns - NH State House - Strafford 02 Race - Nov 04, 2014".
  2. ↑ "State Representative - 2014 General Election - NHSOS". sos.nh.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  3. ↑ "member". www.gencourt.state.nh.us. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  4. ↑ Chang (ProPublica), Lilia. "Joshua Daniel Whitehouse Resume". www.documentcloud.org. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  5. ↑ Downey, K. C. (2015-03-31). "Donald Trump makes 3 new hires in New Hampshire". WMUR. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  6. ↑ Andreesen, Dave. "Lawmaker absent since taking job with Trump". fosters.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  7. ↑ Lizza, Ryan; Bade, Rachael; Daniels, Eugene (April 6, 2023). "Playbook: A 'five-alarm warning' for the GOP". Politico. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  8. ↑ Perlman, Derek Kravitz,Al Shaw,Claire (7 March 2018). "Joshua Daniel Whitehouse | Trump Town". ProPublica. Retrieved 2020-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ DiStaso, John (2018-08-08). "NH Primary Source: Republican 2nd District U.S. House candidate Burns makes campaign staff hires". WMUR. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  10. ↑ DiStaso, John (March 27, 2020). "NH Primary Source: Former Rep. Whitehouse named to key Trump administration Homeland Security post". WMUR-TV. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  11. ↑ Detsch, Jack (October 12, 2020). "Trump Taps Loyalists for Top Pentagon Liaison Jobs". Foreign Policy. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  12. ↑ Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake (October 1, 2020). "POLITICO Playbook: The trillion-dollar decision". Politico. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Department of Defense Announces New Appointments" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  14. ↑ Lamothe, Dan (February 12, 2021). "Retired Marine general, trailblazing Navy admiral among new picks who will scrutinize bases with Confederate names". The Washington Post.


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