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{{Short description|American politician (born 1956)}}
{{About|the U.S. Representative from Indiana|the philosopher|Gregory Pence}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Greg Pence
| image = Greg Pence, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2018
| state = [[Indiana]]
| district = {{ushr|IN|6|6th}}
| term_start = January 3, 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Luke Messer]]
| successor =
| birth_name = Gregory Joseph Pence
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|14}}
| birth_place = [[Columbus, Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Denise Pence|1981}}
| children = 4, including [[John Pence|John]]
| residence = [[Columbus, Indiana]], U.S.
| relatives = {{plainlist|
*[[Mike Pence]] (brother)
*[[Charlotte Pence Bond]] (niece)
}}
| education = [[Loyola University Chicago]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| website = {{url|pence.house.gov|House website}}
| allegiance = [[United States]]
| branch = [[United States Marine Corps]]
| rank = [[File:US-O2 insignia.svg|10px]] [[First Lieutenant]]
| serviceyears = 1979–1984
| module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Greg Pence Speaks in Support of H.R.2220, a Bill on Fair Market Prices.ogg|title=Greg Pence's voice|type=speech|description=Greg Pence speaks in support of H.R.2220, a bill on fair market prices<br/>Recorded November 3, 2021}}
}}
'''Gregory Joseph Pence''' (born November 14, 1956) is an American businessman and politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for [[Indiana's 6th congressional district]] since 2019. The district serves much of east-central Indiana, including Pence's hometown of [[Columbus, Indiana|Columbus]], as well as [[Greenfield, Indiana|Greenfield]], [[Richmond, Indiana|Richmond]], [[Shelbyville, Indiana|Shelbyville]], and the southern suburbs of [[Indianapolis]] in Marion and Johnson Counties. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he is the older brother of former [[Vice President of the United States|U.S. Vice President]] [[Mike Pence]], who represented the district from 2001 to 2013.

==Early life==
Born in [[Columbus, Indiana]], on November 14, 1956,<ref>{{cite web |title=Where they stand Q&A: Greg Pence |url=http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2018/04/14/where-they-stand-qa-greg-pence |work=Daily Reporter |date=April 13, 2018 |access-date=May 5, 2018}}</ref> Pence is the oldest of six children born to his parents, Ann Jane "Nancy" (née Cawley) and Edward Joseph Pence Jr., who ran a group of gas stations.<ref name=pitrelli /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.therepublic.com/2016/07/14/mike-pence-photo-gallery-his-first-communion-his-wedding-his-family-and-more/ |title=Mike Pence photo gallery |newspaper=The Republic |at=slides 8, 12, 32 |date=January 20, 2017 |access-date=May 9, 2018 }}</ref> He was raised in the Catholic faith. According to his mother, Pence and his three brothers rode wagons in a 1964 campaign parade for Republican presidential nominee [[Barry Goldwater]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.therepublic.com/2016/11/02/pence_family_hosts_rally/ |newspaper=[[The Republic (Columbus, Indiana)|The Republic]] |title=Pence family hosts Edinburgh rally |first=Mark |last=Webber |date=November 1, 2016 |access-date=May 8, 2018 }}</ref>

Pence earned a [[B.A.]] in [[theology]] and [[philosophy]] and a [[Master of Business Administration]] in 1983 from [[Loyola University Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About Greg|url=https://gregpenceforcongress.com/about/|publisher=Greg Pence for Congress|access-date=April 22, 2018}}</ref><ref name=hfb>{{cite web|title=Home Federal Bancorp Elects New Director|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Home+Federal+Bancorp+Elects+New+Director.-a058327784|publisher=[[Business Wire]]|via=The Free Library|access-date=May 9, 2018|date=December 21, 1999|archive-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621170835/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Home+Federal+Bancorp+Elects+New+Director.-a058327784|url-status=dead}}</ref> He earned a commission in the [[U.S. Marine Corps|Marines]] in 1981 after receiving his undergraduate degree and served for five and a half years, rising to the rank of first lieutenant.<ref name="NYT422">{{cite news|last1=Tackett|first1=Michael|title=As Another Pence Runs for Congress, His Business Record Raises Questions|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/us/politics/pence-brother-congress-business-record.html|access-date=April 22, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 22, 2018}}</ref><ref name=hfb /> In 1983, his battalion was stationed in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]], and shipped out shortly before [[1983 Beirut barracks bombings|the bombings]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/pence-honors-memory-of-marines-killed-in-1983-beirut-bombing/ |title=Pence honors memory of Marines killed in 1983 Beirut bombing |first=Ken |last=Thomas |date=October 23, 2017 |newspaper=The Times of Israel |access-date=November 26, 2018 }}</ref>

==Business career==
Pence owns and operates antique malls in [[southern Indiana]].

After being honorably discharged from the Marine Corps, Pence joined Kiel Brothers Oil Company in 1988, after his father died, and served as its president from 1998 to 2004. After his departure, the company filed for [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] protection in 2004.<ref name="NYT422"/> Through the company, he also ran a chain of gas stations and convenience stores.<ref name=wins /><ref name=could />

According to some reports, the cleanup from the defunct business sites has cost Indiana at least $21 million.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/07f9256ae1984362ba3eff192b4d6dd0/Pence-family-gas-stations-left-costly-environmental-legacy |title=Pence family's failed gas stations cost taxpayers $20M+ |work=Associated Press |first=Brian |last=Slodysko |date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=July 14, 2018 }}</ref> Pence also worked for [[Marathon Oil]] and [[Unocal]]. In 1999, he was elected to the board of directors of Home Federal Bancorp and its subsidiary Home Federal Savings Bank.<ref name=hfb /><ref name=amall />

== U.S. House of Representatives ==
[[File:58th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony 170120-D-BP749-0836.jpg|thumb|right|Greg Pence standing behind [[Donald Trump]] at the [[Inauguration of Donald Trump|2017 inauguration]]]]
[[File:Braun, Guilfoyle, Trump, and Pence (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Pence with [[Mike Braun]], [[Donald Trump Jr.]], and [[Kimberly Guilfoyle]] in 2018]]

=== Elections ===

==== 2018 ====
{{See also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 6}}
Pence was the finance chairman in U.S. Representative [[Luke Messer]]'s 2018 campaign for the U.S. Senate.<ref name=could>{{cite news |url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/greg-pence-indiana-congress |title=Could There Soon Be Another Pence in Washington? |date=August 16, 2017 |first=Simone |last=Pathé |newspaper=Roll Call |access-date=May 18, 2018 }}</ref> In October 2017, Pence launched his own campaign for the position Messer was leaving.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/18/greg-pence-mike-pences-brother-launches-run-indian/ |title=Mike Pence's brother Greg launches run for Indiana U.S. House seat |first=Brian |last=Slodysko |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Washington Times |date=October 18, 2017 |access-date=May 18, 2018 }}</ref> On May 8, 2018, Pence won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House seat his brother Mike had held for 12 years. With Pence raising and spending about $1 million as of mid-April and his closest Republican challenger loaning himself about three quarters of that amount, it made the "race the most expensive in the state." Pence faced Democrat [[Jeannine Lee Lake|Jeannine Lake]] in the November general election and won by a margin of over 30%.<ref name=wins>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/08/greg-pence-wins-gop-nomination-for-house-seat-once-held-by-brother-mike-pence.html |title=Greg Pence wins GOP nomination for House seat once held by brother Mike Pence |first=Samuel |last=Chamberlain |date=May 8, 2018 |access-date=May 8, 2018 |publisher=Fox News }}</ref>

==== 2020 ====
{{See also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 6}}
Pence defeated Lake in a rematch in the November 3 general election with 68.6% of the vote.

===Tenure===
In December 2020, Pence was one of 126 Republican members of the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] to sign an [[amicus brief]] in support of ''[[Texas v. Pennsylvania]]'', a lawsuit filed at the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] contesting the results of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], in which [[Joe Biden]] defeated incumbent [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite news |title=List: The 126 House members, 19 states and 2 imaginary states that backed Texas' challenge to Trump defeat |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/12/list-the-126-congress-members-19-states-and-2-imaginary-states-that-backed-texas-suit-over-trump-defeat/ |agency=Bay Area News Group |publisher=The Mercury News |date=December 15, 2020}}</ref>

In January 2021 in the aftermath of the insurrection at the Capitol and despite the rioters' chants of "Hang Mike Pence," Greg Pence voted to side with Trump and reject the Pennsylvania votes which swung the election to Biden.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-04 |title=Jan. 6 attack posed loyalty test for Indiana Rep. Greg Pence |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-indiana-election-2020-congress-bb14b40f9864324da667305bc703910f |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>

In May 2021, Pence voted against a House bill establishing a [[January 6 commission]], accusing Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] and Democrats of partisan plans to use the commission to carry out the "political execution of Donald Trump". The bill passed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sloan |first=Steven |date=May 22, 2021 |title=Shock of Jan. 6 insurrection devolves into political fight |url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-michael-pence-campaign-2016-capitol-siege-election-2020-2ae07018410ef256f2c89ea20cf180ad |work=Associated Press |access-date=May 22, 2021}}</ref>

In August 2022, Pence criticized President [[Joe Biden]] for forgiving up to $10,000 of student loan debt for eligible borrowers. Pence was criticized for hypocrisy because he had $79,441 of debt from his [[Paycheck Protection Program|PPP loan]] forgiven.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-08-29/hiltzik-gop-hypocrisy-biden-student-loan-forgiveness |title=Column: GOP ratchets up the hypocrisy in opposing Biden's student debt plan |date=August 29, 2022 |newspaper =Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

===Committee assignments===
For the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Pence |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/P000615 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=June 14, 2023}}</ref>
* '''[[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|Committee on Energy and Commerce]]'''
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security|Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Health|Subcommittee on Health]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce|Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce]]'''

==Electoral history==
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Republican primary results, 2018
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Greg Pence
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 47,955
| percentage = 65.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jonathan Lamb
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 17,523
| percentage = 23.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Mike Campbell
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 3,229
| percentage = 4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Stephen MacKenzie
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 2,500
| percentage = 3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jeff Smith
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 2,258
| percentage = 3.1
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 73,465
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title = Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2018
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Greg Pence
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 154,260
| percentage = 63.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jeannine Lee Lake
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 79,430
| percentage = 32.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Tom Ferkinhoff
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 8,030
| percentage = 3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Miller (write-in)
| party = Independent (United States)
| votes = 5
| percentage = 0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Heather Leigh Meloy (write-in)
| party = Independent (United States)
| votes = 1
| percentage = 0.0
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 241,726
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title = Republican primary results, 2020
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Greg Pence (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 62,346
| percentage = 83.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Mike Campbell
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 12,234
| percentage = 16.4
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 74,580
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title = Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2020
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Greg Pence (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 225,318
| percentage = 68.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jeannine Lake
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 91,103
| percentage = 27.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Tom Ferkinhoff
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 11,791
| percentage = 3.6
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 328,212
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Personal life==
Pence and his wife, Denise, own two antique malls.<ref name=amall>{{cite news|last1=Pathé|first1=Simone|title=Inside the Antique Mall That's Greg Pence's Largest Asset|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/antique-mall-greg-pence-indiana|access-date=April 22, 2018|work=[[Roll Call]]|date=April 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref> They have four children and nine grandchildren.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.therepublic.com/2018/02/09/02092018cr_pence_congress/ |title=Candidate discusses Republican concerns with party leaders, including Second Amendment rights, aid for veterans |first=Kirk |last=Johannesen |date=February 9, 2018 |newspaper=The Republic |access-date=May 17, 2018 }}</ref> Pence is a practicing Catholic and attends St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Columbus.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Learn more about Greg Pence|url=https://gregpenceforcongress.com/about/|access-date=2020-10-16|website=Greg Pence for Congress|language=en-US}}</ref>

Denise Pence was an Indiana delegate at the [[2016 Republican National Convention]] and cast her vote for [[Donald Trump]] and Mike Pence to be the party's nominees.<ref name="pitrelli">{{cite news |url=https://www.wthr.com/article/vps-sister-in-law-on-life-since-the-election |title=VP's sister-in-law on life since the election |first=Adrianna |last=Pitrelli |date=October 6, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2018 |publisher=[[WTHR]] }}</ref> Pence and his family were in attendance at [[Inauguration of Donald Trump|Trump's inauguration]], seated several rows behind him. Their oldest daughter, Nicole, is a TV anchor in Indianapolis<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/nicole-pence-niece-of-vp-mike-pence-leaving-tv-news/186898 |newspaper=TV Spy |publisher=AdWeek |date=March 8, 2017 |access-date=May 23, 2018 |first=Chris |last=Ariens |title=Nicole Pence, Niece of VP Mike Pence, Leaving TV News }}</ref> and their son, John, worked on [[2020 Donald Trump presidential campaign|Trump's 2020 campaign]] as a senior advisor and is married to [[Kellyanne Conway]]'s cousin Giovanna Coia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/person/p/john-pence |title=John Pence |publisher=Fox News |access-date=February 4, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NJ.com |first=Sophie Nieto-Munoz {{!}} NJ Advance Media for |date=2019-09-14 |title=Kellyanne Conway's cousin, Mike Pence's nephew to marry in Atlantic City |url=https://www.nj.com/atlantic/2019/09/kellyanne-conways-cousin-mike-pences-nephew-to-marry-in-atlantic-city.html |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=nj |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://pence.house.gov/ Congressman Greg Pence] official U.S. House website
*[https://gregpenceforcongress.com/ Campaign site]
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