Cheryl Lynn Johnson[2][1] (born May 8, 1960) is an American government official who served as the 36th Clerk of the United States House of Representatives from February 26, 2019, to June 30, 2023.

She worked with the Subcommittee chair, Bill Clay, to exercise oversight and legislative responsibility over the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution.

[7] In late December 2018, Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi named Johnson as her choice for the next Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the second African American to serve in the post after Lorraine C.

After her presiding role, she was renominated, this time, by McCarthy, to remain Clerk during the 118th United States Congress.

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