John Fleming

John Calvin Fleming Jr. (born July 5, 1951) is an American politician, physician, military veteran, and businessman who has served in the Trump Administration as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development since March 2019. He previously served for two years in the administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Information Technology Reform. From January 3, 2009, to January 3, 2017, Fleming was the representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. He resides in the city of Minden in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. A second cousin (five generations removed) to the former House Speaker Henry Clay of Kentucky, Fleming is a member of Sons of the American Revolution and Jamestowne Society. He is only the second Republican to hold his House seat since Reconstruction, the first was his predecessor, Jim McCrery.