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Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• University of West Florida College of Business - MBA (1975)

• Gustavus Adolphus College - BA (1966-1969)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  1st Congressional District of Michigan
  John Warren Bergman (Jack), 61.65%

  Republican
  Dana Alan Ferguson, 36.84%

  Democrat
  Ben Boren, 1.52%

  Libertarian

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  1st Congressional District of Michigan
  John Warren Bergman (Jack), 56.00%

  Republican
  Matthew Wade Morgan, 43.00%

  Democrat

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  1st Congressional District of Michigan
  John Warren Bergman (Jack), 54.90%

  Republican
  Lonnie Barton Johnson (Lon), 40.06%

  Democrat
  Diane Bostow, 3.72%

  Libertarian
  Ellis Boal, 1.33%

  Green

Employment History

• Northwest Airlines Corp.

  Pilot

Associated Organizations

• Bergman for Congress (Michigan)

• New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy Inc.

  Member, School Board

• International Shipbreaking Ltd. LLC

  Outside Director

• U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Jan. 2020-)

  Member, Congressional Board of Visitors

• WINGS Medical Technologies Ltd. (June 1996-Dec. 2016)

  CEO

Awards

• Fiscal Hero Award (Fix the Debt Coalition Inc.) (May 2024)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2022)

• Distinguished Community Health Defender Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2018)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (Sept. 2018)

• Legislator of the Year (Great Lakes Maritime Task Force) (Sept. 2018)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (April 2018)

• Guardian of Seniors' Rights Award (60 Plus Association) (March 2018)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2018)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• Conservative Achievement Award (American Conservative Union) (May 2017)

Military History

• U.S. Marine Corps (1978-Dec. 2009)

  Lieutenant General

• Rhode Island National Guard (1975-1978)

  Lieutenant

• U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve (1969-1975)

  Lieutenant

  Served in Japan and Vietnam

Awards and Honors:

• Air Medal

• Single Mission Air Medal with V device

• Joint Meritorious Service Medal

• Distinguished Service Medal

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form
• 
  Email, member official address:
  bergman.constituent@mail.house.gov

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	566 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-2201
Phone:	202-225-4735

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Privately Financed Travel

3 trips taken between 2017 - 2018 costing $16,853

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services Committee Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee, Chair
House Armed Services Committee Military Personnel Subcommittee
House Armed Services Committee Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee
• House Budget Committee
• House Budget Committee Oversight Task Force, Chair
• House Veterans' Affairs Committee
House Veterans' Affairs Committee Health Subcommittee
House Veterans' Affairs Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

Caucuses

• 5G Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional PFAS Task Force
• Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
• Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force
• Bipartisan Women Veterans Task Force
• Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Boating Caucus
• Congressional Caucus Against Foreign Corruption and Kleptocracy
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus
• Congressional Direct Selling Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Sweden Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Gaming Caucus
• Congressional Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus
• Congressional Military Transition Assistance Pathway Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Military Veterans Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Modeling and Simulation Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
• Congressional National Marine Sanctuary Caucus
• Congressional Native American Caucus
• Congressional Psychedelics Advancing Therapies Caucus, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Congressional Reformers Caucus
• Congressional Rural Broadband Caucus
• Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus
• Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
• Congressional Steel Caucus
• Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
• Congressional Western Caucus
• Congressional Wine Caucus
• Congressional Working Forests Caucus
• Conservative Climate Caucus
• Election Integrity Caucus
• For Country Caucus
• Friends of a Free, Stable and Democratic Syria Caucus
• Friends of Finland Caucus, Co-Chair
• House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• House Climate Solutions Caucus
• House General Aviation Caucus
• House Great Lakes Task Force
• House Republican Conference
• House Republican Future of American Freedoms Task Force
• House Republican Study Committee
• House Republican Study Committee National Security and Foreign Affairs Task Force
• House Small Brewers Caucus
• House Space Force Caucus
• Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition
• Northern Border Security Caucus
• United Service Organizations Congressional Caucus
• U.S. Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
• U.S.-Japan Congressional Caucus
• Values Action Team

Caught Our Eye

• Two-thirds of House personal offices haven't touched a single dollar of their MRA increase

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 19, 2022
  The year's unprecedented Members' Representational Allowance increase was meant to bolster staffer salaries in order to help the House attract and retain talent. But going into the fourth quarter, only a third of representatives have tapped into any of their additional funds, according to a LegiStorm analysis. read more

• To take advantage of House MRA increase, offices must spend, spend, spend

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 6, 2022
  If they want to take full advantage of this year's budget increase, House offices need to dramatically up their spending since March. read more