Robert Freeman Smith

Robert Freeman Smith

Robert Freeman "Bob" Smith (born June 16, 1931 in Portland , Oregon ) is a former American politician . Between 1983 and 1995 and from 1997 to 1999 he represented the second constituency of the state of Oregon in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bob Smith attended the public schools in Burns . He then studied agriculture until 1953 at Willamette University in Salem . After graduating, he worked as a rancher.

Smith became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1960 and 1972 he was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives ; since 1969 he was President of the House. At the same time he was chairman of the Oregon State Land Administration from 1965 to 1969. In July 1980 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Detroit , where Ronald Reagan was nominated as the party's presidential candidate.

In 1982, Smith was elected to the US House of Representatives in the Oregon Second Constituency. There he took over on January 3, 1983, the successor to the unrelated Denny Smith , who moved to the fifth district. After he was re-elected in each of the following years, Bob Smith could complete a total of six terms in Congress through January 3, 1995 . In 1994 he decided not to run again. His seat went to his party colleague Wes Cooley . After he had to admit several lies about his military past, he was not eligible for re-election in 1996. The Republicans nominated Bob Smith again, who then served another term in Congress between January 3, 1997 and January 3, 1999. There he became a member of the Agriculture Committee. In 1998 Smith finally decided not to stand for re-election and withdrew into retirement.

Web links

• Robert Freeman Smith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)