Marjorie Taylor Greene Biography

Marjorie Taylor Greene, born May 27, 1974, also known by her initials MTG, is an American politician, businesswoman, and far-right conspiracy theorist who has served as the U.S. representative for Georgia’s 14th congressional district since 2021.

A member of the Republican Party and a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump, she was elected to Congress in 2020 following the retirement of Republican incumbent Tom Graves.

Greene was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, on May 27, 1974, the daughter of Robert Taylor. She graduated from South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia, in 1992, and the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1996.

In statements made during 2019, and in a House floor speech on February 4, 2021, in which she explained her position on gun rights and school shootings, Greene alluded to being affected by a September 1990 incident at her high school in which an armed student held 53 students, hostage, for over five hours.

Greene married Perry Greene in 1995 while in college. They have three children. Greene rebaptized in 2011 into North Point Community Church, an evangelical megachurch network based in Alpharetta, in a baptism published in an online video. Greene speaks often about her faith and has said that she wants to bring “my faith and my family values to Washington”.