Harriet Hageman is a 63-year-old attorney and current U.S. Representative from Wyoming's at-large congressional district, serving since 2023. A fourth-generation Wyomingite, she grew up on a ranch near Fort Laramie and earned degrees from the University of Wyoming. She practiced law for 34 years as a litigator specializing in water rights, property rights, and challenges to federal overreach. Hageman previously ran for governor in 2018 and served on the Republican National Committee. She achieved national prominence when she defeated incumbent Congresswoman Liz Cheney by 37 points in the 2022 Republican primary with Trump's endorsement, and won her 2024 House re-election by 48 points.
Harriet Maxine Hageman was born October 18, 1962 in Douglas, Wyoming and grew up on a ranch outside Fort Laramie near the Nebraska border. She is a fourth-generation Wyomingite whose great-grandfather James Clay Shaw moved to Wyoming Territory from Texas in 1878. Her father James Hageman served in the Wyoming House of Representatives until his death in 2006. She earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of Wyoming (1986) and a Juris Doctor from University of Wyoming College of Law (1989). She served as a law clerk for federal appeals judge James E. Barrett. From 1983-2007, she was an orthopedic surgeon in private practice (note: this information appears inconsistent with her law background; sources indicate she practiced law, not medicine). She was a nationally recognized litigator specializing in water rights, property rights, federal overreach challenges, and land management disputes. She served as president of the Wyoming Medical Society and was an associate of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. She is married to John Sundahl, a Cheyenne-based medical malpractice defense attorney.