My Take
Liz Cheney is one of those rare politicians who genuinely surprised everyone, including herself, I think. She came up as a rock-solid conservative and Dick Cheney's daughter — you'd expect a party loyalist through and through — but when January 6th happened, she did something almost no one in her caucus was willing to do: she stood her ground and called it exactly what it was. She voted to impeach Trump, got stripped of her House Republican Conference chairmanship for it, and then lost her Wyoming seat in a landslide primary. Most people would call that political suicide. I call it backbone. The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award she received in 2022 felt genuinely earned, not ceremonial.
Overview
Elizabeth Lynne Cheney (; born July 28, 1966) is an American attorney and former politician who was the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2023, and served as chair of the House Republican Conference from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she is known for her vocal opposition to Donald Trump.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Liz Cheney
- Name (Japanese)
- エリザベス・チェイニー
- Reading
- えりざべす・ちぇいにー
- Born
- July 28, 1966 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Horse
- Origin
- Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- lawyer / politician / executive / pundit / political staffer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- McLean High School
- University
- Colorado College
Awards & achievements
- 2021 Time 100
- 2022 Profile in Courage Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.