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John Fleming
American family physician, Navy veteran and Louisiana elected official
Personal details
- Full name
- John Calvin Fleming Jr. (reported; exact suffix verify against official records)
- Born
- July 5, 1951 · Meridian, Mississippi
- Education
- Meridian High School (1969); University of Mississippi, B.S. (1973); University of Mississippi Medical Center, M.D. (1976)
- Spouse
- Cindy Fleming
- Children
- Four
- Military
- U.S. Navy medical officer (1976–1982)
- Employment
- Family physician, medical practice owner and other businesses
- Political party
- Republican
- Public service
- Webster Parish coroner (1996–2000); U.S. House (2009–2017); Louisiana state treasurer (2024– )
John Fleming (born 1951) is an American physician, military veteran and Republican politician who served in the U.S. House and later became Louisiana’s state treasurer. He was an original House Freedom Caucus founder.
Childhood, medicine and Navy
Fleming was born in Meridian, Mississippi. His father died during his high-school years; his family’s public biography reports that his mother had a disability. He graduated from the University of Mississippi and its medical school, then served six years as a Navy medical officer. He settled in Minden, Louisiana and operated a family-medicine practice as well as real-estate and franchising businesses.
Local and congressional service
Fleming was Webster Parish coroner from 1996 to 2000 and represented Louisiana’s fourth congressional district from 2009 to 2017. He was one of the nine members publicly named at the House Freedom Caucus’s January 2015 founding.
Federal appointments and statewide office
Following Congress he was a deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services in 2017–2019, assistant secretary of commerce for economic development in 2019 and White House staff in 2020. Elected Louisiana state treasurer in November 2023, he took office January 2024. He and his wife Cindy have four children.
References
Research compiled through November 12, 2026. Sources and historical roles are dated where known.