Glen Casada | |
|---|---|
 Casada in 2019 | |
| 82nd Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
| In office January 8, 2019 – August 2, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Beth Harwell |
| Succeeded by | Bill Dunn (Acting) |
| Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
| In office January 10, 2017 – January 8, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald McCormick |
| Succeeded by | William Lamberth |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 63rd district | |
| In office January 3, 2003 – January 10, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Williams |
| Succeeded by | Jake McCalmon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 2, 1959 Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Western Kentucky University (BS) |
Richard Glen Casada Jr. (born August 2, 1959) is an American politician, and a former Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, where he represented District 63 (Williamson County) from 2003 to 2023. He was the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from January 8, 2019 through August 2, 2019, whereupon he resigned his post amid scandal.[1][2] This was the shortest stint of a Tennessee Speaker of the House in modern history. Casada was previously the Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives. His opposition to Syrian refugees attracted national attention in the media in 2015.
He would later be implicated for having a role in using a firm known as Phoenix Solutions to launder money.[3] Smith pled guilty to a single count of honest service wire fraud, while also alleging that she and Casada pressured the House Republican Caucus and lawmakers to do business with Phoenix Solutions, including work on taxpayer-funded mailers.[4][5]
- ^ "Glen Casada elected House speaker as 111th Tennessee General Assembly convenes". The Tennessean. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ "After 3 months of scandal, Glen Casada is no longer speaker of the Tennessee House". The Tennessean.
- ^ Brown, Melissa; Friedman, Adam (March 7, 2022). "Tennessee Rep. Robin Smith resigns from legislature after wire fraud charge". The Tennessean. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
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