The Louisiana Republican is a father-of-four who entered Congress in 2017 and is serving his fourth term.

Johnson, 51, is regarded as an intellectual, and a family man, and his success rescued the House from an ongoing state of chaos.

On Tuesday, he became his party's fourth choice for House Speaker nominee in just three weeks after the historic ousting of Kevin McCarthy earlier this month. 

So, as Johnson takes the gavel, who is the quiet bespectacled politician Republicans finally agreed on?

CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION IN LOUISIANA

Rep. Johnson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and still lives in that area in Bossier Parish. He represents Louisiana's 4th congressional district, which includes Shreveport.

The oldest of four children, Johnson had two brothers Chris and Josh, and a sister, Laura.

His father James Patrick Johnson was a firefighter who was burned and disabled in the line of duty. He later went on to found the nonprofit Percy R. Johnson Burn Foundation, named after his partner and the city's first black fire captain, who died in the same fire.

Johnson graduated from Captain Shreve High School.

He earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and later his Juris Doctor from the Louisiana State University Law Center.

Johnson's congressional office described him to Dailymail.com as a 'huge LSU fan as a double LSU alum.'