Members of Congress / Lamar Smith

SMITH, Lamar Seeligson, a Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., November 19, 1947; graduated from Texas Military Institute, San Antonio, Tex., 1965; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1969; J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Tex., 1975; intern, Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C., 1969-1970; journalist; lawyer, private practice; member of the Texas state house of representatives, 1981-1982; Bexar County, Tex., commissioner, 1982-1985; elected as a Republican to the One Hundredth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-present); chair, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (One Hundred Sixth Congress). (Source.)

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· 110th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 21), Republican. Jan. 4, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2009.
· 109th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 21), Republican. Jan. 3, 2005, to Jan. 3, 2007.
· 108th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 21), Republican. Jan. 3, 2003, to Jan. 3, 2005.
· 107th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 21), Republican. Jan. 3, 2001, to Jan. 3, 2003.
· 106th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 21), Republican. Jan. 3, 1999, to Jan. 3, 2001.
· 105th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 21), Republican. Jan. 3, 1997, to Jan. 3, 1999.
· 104th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 21), Republican. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 21), Republican. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 21), Republican. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

See how Lamar Smith voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.

Lamar Smith has missed 31 votes (2.1%) during the current Congress. See a list of his missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

Lamar Smith has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 95.5% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Smith did not vote. See a list of his votes against his party since 1991, a list of all Representatives in the 110th Congress with a similar score, or a full list of party voters.

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• 2006
• 2005