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{{Short description|American politician (born 1963)}}
{{Short description|American politician (born 1963)}}
{{About|the U.S. representative from Missouri|other persons with similar names|Samuel Graves (disambiguation)}}
{{About|the U.S. representative from Missouri|other persons with similar names|Samuel Graves (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Sam Graves
| name               = Sam Graves
| image         = Sam Graves ca 118th Congress.JPG
| image               = Sam Graves ca 118th Congress.JPG
| office       = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Transportation Committee]]
| caption            = Official portrait, c. 2023-2024
| term_start   = January 3, 2023
| office             = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Transportation Committee]]
| term_end     =  
| term_start         = January 3, 2023
| predecessor   = [[Peter DeFazio]]
| term_end           =  
| successor     =  
| predecessor         = [[Peter DeFazio]]
| office1       = Ranking Member of the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Transportation Committee]]
| successor           =  
| term_start1   = January 3, 2019
| office1             = Ranking Member of the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Transportation Committee]]
| term_end1     = January 3, 2023
| term_start1         = January 3, 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Peter DeFazio]]
| term_end1           = January 3, 2023
| successor1   = [[Rick Larsen]]
| predecessor1       = [[Peter DeFazio]]
| office2       = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Small Business|House Small Business Committee]]
| successor1         = [[Rick Larsen]]
| term_start2   = January 3, 2011
| office2             = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Small Business|House Small Business Committee]]
| term_end2     = January 3, 2015
| term_start2         = January 3, 2011
| predecessor2 = [[Nydia Velázquez]]
| term_end2           = January 3, 2015
| successor2   = [[Steve Chabot]]
| predecessor2       = [[Nydia Velázquez]]
| office3       = Ranking Member of the [[United States House Committee on Small Business|House Small Business Committee]]
| successor2         = [[Steve Chabot]]
| term_start3   = January 3, 2009
| office3             = Ranking Member of the [[United States House Committee on Small Business|House Small Business Committee]]
| term_end3     = January 3, 2011
| term_start3         = January 3, 2009
| predecessor3 = [[Steve Chabot]]
| term_end3           = January 3, 2011
| successor3   = [[Nydia Velázquez]]
| predecessor3       = [[Steve Chabot]]
| state4       = [[Missouri]]
| successor3         = [[Nydia Velázquez]]
| district4     = {{ushr|MO|6|6th}}
| state4             = [[Missouri]]
| term_start4   = January 3, 2001
| district4           = {{ushr|MO|6|6th}}
| term_end4     =  
| term_start4         = January 3, 2001
| predecessor4 = [[Pat Danner]]
| term_end4           =  
| successor4    =
| predecessor4       = [[Pat Danner]]
| state_senate5 = Missouri
| state_senate5       = Missouri
| district5     = 12th
| district5           = 12th
| term_start5   = January 4, 1995
| term_start5         = January 4, 1995
| term_end5     = January 3, 2001
| term_end5           = January 3, 2001
| predecessor5 = [[Glen Klippenstein]]
| predecessor5       = [[Glen Klippenstein]]
| successor5   = [[David Klindt]]
| successor5         = [[David Klindt]]
| state_house6 = Missouri
| state_house6       = Missouri
| district6     = 4th
| district6           = 4th
| term_start6   = January 6, 1993
| term_start6         = January 6, 1993
| term_end6     = January 4, 1995
| term_end6           = January 4, 1995
| predecessor6 = Phil Tate
| predecessor6       = Phil Tate
| successor6   = [[Rex Barnett]]
| successor6         = [[Rex Barnett]]
| birth_name   = Samuel Bruce Graves Jr.
| birth_name         = Samuel Bruce Graves Jr.
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1963|11|7}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1963|11|7}}
| birth_place   = [[Tarkio, Missouri|Tarkio]], [[Missouri]], U.S.
| birth_place         = [[Tarkio, Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date   =  
| death_date         =  
| death_place   =  
| death_place         =  
| party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|Lesley Hickok|1986|2012|<!--end=unknown?-->}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|Lesley Hickok|1986|2012}}
| children     = 3
| children           = 3
| relatives     = [[Todd Graves (attorney)|Todd Graves]] (brother)
| relatives           = [[Todd Graves (attorney)|Todd Graves]] (brother)
| education     = [[University of Missouri]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
| education           = [[University of Missouri]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
| website       = {{URL|graves.house.gov|House website}}
| website             = {{url|graves.house.gov|House website}}<br>{{url|gravesforcongress.com|Campaign website}}
| module       = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Sam Graves Speaks in Favour of a Resolution to Terminate the COVID-19 National Emergency.ogg|title=Sam Graves's voice|type=speech|description=Graves explains his support for a joint resolution terminating the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States#January to March 2023|COVID-19 national emergency]]<br/>Recorded February 1, 2023}}
| module             = {{Listen |pos=center |embed=yes |filename=Rep. Sam Graves Speaks in Favour of a Resolution to Terminate the COVID-19 National Emergency.ogg |title=Graves's voice |type=speech |description=Graves supporting a joint resolution to end the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States#January to March 2023|COVID-19 national emergency]].<br>Recorded February 1, 2023}}
}}
}}
'''Samuel Bruce Graves Jr.''' (born November 7, 1963) is an American [[politician]] best known for serving in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] for {{ushr|MO|6}}, with him being the dean of [[Missouri's congressional districts|Missouri's congressional delegation]] upon the retirement of Senator [[Roy Blunt]] in 2023, and having held office since 2001. The aforementioned district stretches across most of the northern third of the state, with it including territory from the [[Kansas]] border to the [[Illinois]] border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City metropolitan area]].
'''Samuel Bruce Graves Jr.''' (born November 7, 1963) is an American politician best known for serving in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] for {{ushr|MO|6}}, with him being the dean of [[Missouri's congressional districts|Missouri's congressional delegation]] upon the retirement of Senator [[Roy Blunt]] in 2023, and having held office since 2001. The aforementioned district stretches across most of the northern third of the state, with it including territory from the [[Kansas]] border to the [[Illinois]] border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City metropolitan area]].


Graves is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He has notably served as the [[Chair (officer)|Chair]] in charge of the influential [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]] in the U.S. House for multiple years, with him being able to exceed the [[Term limits in the United States|system of American term limits]] normally enforced by the Republican leadership.<ref>https://www.axios.com/2024/12/03/sam-graves-transportation-committee-waiver</ref>
Graves is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He has notably served as the [[Chair (officer)|Chair]] in charge of the influential [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]] in the U.S. House for multiple years, with him being able to exceed the [[Term limits in the United States|system of American term limits]] normally enforced by the Republican leadership.<ref>https://www.axios.com/2024/12/03/sam-graves-transportation-committee-waiver</ref>


==Early life, education, and career==
The Center for Effective Lawmaking, at [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University]] and the [[University of Virginia|University of Virginia]], ranked him as the most effective House Republican in the 118th Congress (2023–25).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thelawmakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/118th_highlights_FINAL_03_27_2025.pdf|title=Highlights from the New 118th Congress Legislative Effectiveness Scores|last=Volden|first=Craig|date=March 24, 2025|work=Center for Effective Lawmaking|access-date=October 15, 2025}}</ref>
Graves is a lifelong resident of [[Tarkio, Missouri|Tarkio]], a small city in Missouri's northwestern corner, not far from the Iowa and [[Nebraska]] borders.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://graves.house.gov/about|title=Meet Sam|date=December 3, 2012|work=Congressman Sam Graves|access-date=August 23, 2018|language=en}}</ref> He is the son of Janice A. (née Hord) and Samuel Bruce Graves. He graduated from the [[University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources|University of Missouri College of Agriculture]] with a degree in agronomy.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the [[Alpha Gamma Sigma (fraternity)|Alpha Gamma Sigma]] fraternity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nicindy.org/about/notable-fraternity-alumni/political-leaders/|title=Greek Political Leaders {{!}} North-American Interfraternity Conference|website=nicindy.org|language=en-US|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135053/http://nicindy.org/about/notable-fraternity-alumni/political-leaders/|archive-date=September 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Early life==
Graves is a [[general aviation]] pilot. He owns a [[Piper PA-11 Cub Special]], is restoring a [[Beech AT-10]], and co-owns a [[North American T-6 Texan]] and a [[Vultee BT-13 Valiant]]. Gould Peterson Municipal Airport is named after his uncle, an aviator, and is on his family's farm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AOPA Q&A with US Rep. Sam Graves |author= |work=aopa.org |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=9 August 2022 |url=https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/march/06/aopa-q-and-a-with-us-rep-sam-graves}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Federal Cash Rebuilds Airstrip Near Graves' Land - Roll Call |author=Matthew Murray |work=Roll Call |date=6 November 2007 |access-date=9 August 2022 |url=https://rollcall.com/2007/11/06/federal-cash-rebuilds-airstrip-near-graves-land/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aviation's Man in Washington |last=Shiner |first=Linda |work=Smithsonian Magazine |date=March 2014 |access-date=9 August 2022 |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/aviations-man-washington-180949508/}}</ref> Graves is a [[Baptists|Baptist.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf |publisher=PEW Research Center |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref>
Graves was born on November 7, 1963, in [[Tarkio, Missouri]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://graves.house.gov/about|title=Meet Sam|date=December 3, 2012|work=Congressman Sam Graves|access-date=August 23, 2018|language=en}}</ref> He is the son of Janice A. (née Hord) and Samuel Bruce Graves, and the brother of attorney [[Todd Graves (attorney)|Todd Graves]].<ref name="news-leader1">{{cite news |url=http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/BLOGS09/80930039 | title=Kit Bond apologizes for staff's role in firing of federal prosecutor | publisher=[[The News Leader]] |date= September 30, 2008 | access-date =May 17, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He graduated from the [[University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources|University of Missouri College of Agriculture]] with a degree in agronomy.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the [[Alpha Gamma Sigma (fraternity)|Alpha Gamma Sigma]] fraternity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nicindy.org/about/notable-fraternity-alumni/political-leaders/|title=Greek Political Leaders {{!}} North-American Interfraternity Conference|website=nicindy.org|language=en-US|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135053/http://nicindy.org/about/notable-fraternity-alumni/political-leaders/|archive-date=September 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Missouri legislature==
==Missouri legislature==
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==U.S. House of Representatives==
==U.S. House of Representatives==
=== Political positions ===
==== Financial bailouts ====
After the September 2008 economic crisis, Graves voted against the [[proposed bailout of United States financial system]], claiming it "neither 'punished the wrongdoers nor adequately protected the innocent taxpayers, investors and retirees' caught in the Wall Street banking crisis."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stjoenews.net/news/2008/sep/30/graves-boyda-vote-against-700b-bailout-us-house/ | title=Graves, Boyda vote against $700B bailout in the U.S. House | publisher=[[The News-Press]] | date=September 30, 2008 | access-date=May 17, 2007 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930193359/http://www.stjoenews.net/news/2008/sep/30/graves-boyda-vote-against-700b-bailout-us-house/ | archive-date=September 30, 2008 }}</ref> In January 2014, Graves introduced the TRICARE Family Improvement Act. The bill would allow dependents of military members to stay on their parents' TRICARE health plan after turning age 26. The bill would change current law, which requires those dependents to change to a separate health plan after turning 26.<ref>[http://riponadvance.com/news/graves-proposes-changes-military-family-health-coverage/6420 "Graves proposes changes to military family health coverage"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301225911/http://riponadvance.com/news/graves-proposes-changes-military-family-health-coverage/6420 |date=March 1, 2014 }}. ''Ripon Advance''. 1/31/14. Retrieved 2/7/14.</ref> The [[American Conservative Union]] gave him an 85% evaluation in 2017. As of 2019, Graves has a 4% lifetime score from the [[League of Conservation Voters]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/sam-graves|title = Check out Representative Sam Graves's Environmental Voting Record|date = February 17, 2021}}</ref>
==== Boeing 737 MAX crashes ====
Graves blamed on May 13, 2019, at the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Aviation]] subcommittee hearing, the 737 MAX crashes ([[Lion Air Flight 610]]) on October 29, 2018, and [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302]]) on poor training of the Indonesian and Ethiopian pilots. He stated also that "pilots trained in the U.S. would have been successful" in handling the emergencies on both jets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-15 |title=How much was pilot error a factor in the Boeing 737 MAX crashes? |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/how-much-was-pilot-error-a-factor-in-the-boeing-737-max-crashes/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-22 |title=Blaming Dead Pilots Brought to You by Boeing |url=https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/blaming-dead-pilots-brought-to-you-by-boeing/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Corporate Crime Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> One month earlier the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) had issued the [[Boeing 737 MAX groundings]].
==== Israel-Palestine ====
Graves voted to support [[Israel]] following the [[October 7 attacks]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=2023-10-25 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Washington |first=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2023-10-25 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}</ref>


===Committee assignments===
===Committee assignments===
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===Caucus memberships===
===Caucus memberships===
* Congressional Cement Caucus
* Congressional Cement Caucus
* [[Congressional Coalition on Adoption]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute|url=https://www.ccainstitute.org|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Coalition on Adoption]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute |url=https://www.ccainstitute.org |language=en}}</ref>
* [[United States–China Working Group]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Mission|author=|url=https://larsen.house.gov/uscwg/ |format=|publisher=U.S.-China Working Group|date=|accessdate=26 February 2025}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Taiwan Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Congressional Taiwan Caucus |url=https://sherman.house.gov/taiwancaucus |access-date=12 August 2025 |publisher=Congressman Brad Sherman}}</ref>
 
* [[United States–China Working Group]]<ref>{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Our Mission |url=https://larsen.house.gov/uscwg/ |accessdate=26 February 2025 |publisher=U.S.-China Working Group |format=}}</ref>
==Political positions==
===Financial bailouts===
After the September 2008 economic crisis, Graves voted against the [[proposed bailout of United States financial system]], claiming it "neither 'punished the wrongdoers nor adequately protected the innocent taxpayers, investors and retirees' caught in the Wall Street banking crisis."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stjoenews.net/news/2008/sep/30/graves-boyda-vote-against-700b-bailout-us-house/ | title=Graves, Boyda vote against $700B bailout in the U.S. House | publisher=[[The News-Press]] | date=September 30, 2008 | access-date=May 17, 2007 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930193359/http://www.stjoenews.net/news/2008/sep/30/graves-boyda-vote-against-700b-bailout-us-house/ | archive-date=September 30, 2008 }}</ref> In January 2014, Graves introduced the TRICARE Family Improvement Act. The bill would allow dependents of military members to stay on their parents' TRICARE health plan after turning age 26. The bill would change current law, which requires those dependents to change to a separate health plan after turning 26.<ref>[http://riponadvance.com/news/graves-proposes-changes-military-family-health-coverage/6420 "Graves proposes changes to military family health coverage"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301225911/http://riponadvance.com/news/graves-proposes-changes-military-family-health-coverage/6420 |date=March 1, 2014 }}. ''Ripon Advance''. 1/31/14. Retrieved 2/7/14.</ref> The [[American Conservative Union]] gave him an 85% evaluation in 2017. As of 2019, Graves has a 4% lifetime score from the [[League of Conservation Voters]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/sam-graves|title = Check out Representative Sam Graves's Environmental Voting Record|date = February 17, 2021}}</ref>
 
===Boeing 737 MAX crashes===
Graves blamed on May 13, 2019, at the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Aviation]] subcommittee hearing, the 737 MAX crashes ([[Lion Air Flight 610]]) on October 29, 2018, and [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302]]) on poor training of the Indonesian and Ethiopian pilots. He stated also that "pilots trained in the U.S. would have been successful" in handling the emergencies on both jets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-15 |title=How much was pilot error a factor in the Boeing 737 MAX crashes? |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/how-much-was-pilot-error-a-factor-in-the-boeing-737-max-crashes/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-22 |title=Blaming Dead Pilots Brought to You by Boeing |url=https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/blaming-dead-pilots-brought-to-you-by-boeing/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Corporate Crime Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> One month earlier the [[FAA]] had issued the [[Boeing 737 MAX groundings]].
 
===Israel===
Graves voted to support Israel following the [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=2023-10-25 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Washington |first=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2023-10-25 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Todd Graves controversy==
Graves is the brother of [[Todd Graves (attorney)|Todd Graves]], former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.<ref name="news-leader1">{{cite news |url=http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/BLOGS09/80930039 | title=Kit Bond apologizes for staff's role in firing of federal prosecutor | publisher=[[The News Leader]] |date= September 30, 2008 | access-date =May 17, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In October 2008, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Kit Bond]] apologized to Todd Graves after a [[U.S. Justice Department]] report cited Bond forcing Graves out over a disagreement with Representative Graves.<ref name="news-leader1"/> Following the report, U.S. Attorney General [[Michael Mukasey]] appointed a special prosecutor to investigate whether former U.S. Attorney General [[Alberto Gonzales]] and other officials involved in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys broke the law ([[2006 dismissal of U.S. attorneys|dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/706763.html |title=Prosecutor will investigate firings of nine U.S. Attorneys |publisher=[[The Miami Herald]] |date=September 29, 2008 |access-date=May 17, 2007 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


==Ethics investigation==
==Ethics investigation==
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[[File:President Donald Trump and Sam Graves at the signing of the FAA bill.jpg|thumb|right|Graves with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] at the signing of the FAA bill on October 5, 2018]]
[[File:President Donald Trump and Sam Graves at the signing of the FAA bill.jpg|thumb|right|Graves with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] at the signing of the FAA bill on October 5, 2018]]
[[File:President Joe Biden meets with a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.jpg|thumb|right|Graves and a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee]] meet with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]] on March 4, 2021]]
[[File:President Joe Biden meets with a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.jpg|thumb|right|Graves and a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee]] meet with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]] on March 4, 2021]]
In 2000, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[Pat Danner]] suddenly retired due to [[breast cancer]]. Graves filed within the short period of time left for filing. He faced Danner's son, Steve Danner, a former state senator, in the general election. Graves called Danner as a "tax and spend liberal" and won the race with 51% of the vote,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=14&oid=3990&arc=1 |title=Missouri Secretary of State |website=Sos.mo.gov |access-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030015836/http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=14&oid=3990&arc=1 |archive-date=October 30, 2014 }}</ref> largely by running up huge margins in the district's rural areas. He was arguably helped by [[George W. Bush]] carrying the district in the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]], a theory known as the [[coattail effect]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
In 2000, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[Pat Danner]] suddenly retired due to [[breast cancer]]. Graves filed within the short period of time left for filing. He faced Danner's son, Steve Danner, a former state senator, in the general election. Graves called Danner as a "tax and spend liberal" and won the race with 51% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=14&oid=3990&arc=1 |title=Missouri Secretary of State |website=Sos.mo.gov |access-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030015836/http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=14&oid=3990&arc=1 |archive-date=October 30, 2014 }}</ref>


===1992===
===1992===
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== Personal life ==
Graves is a [[general aviation]] pilot. He owns a [[Piper PA-11 Cub Special]], is restoring a [[Beech AT-10]], and co-owns a [[North American T-6 Texan]] and a [[Vultee BT-13 Valiant]]. Gould Peterson Municipal Airport is named after his uncle, an aviator, and is on his family's farm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AOPA Q&A with US Rep. Sam Graves |author= |work=aopa.org |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=9 August 2022 |url=https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/march/06/aopa-q-and-a-with-us-rep-sam-graves}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Federal Cash Rebuilds Airstrip Near Graves' Land - Roll Call |author=Matthew Murray |work=Roll Call |date=6 November 2007 |access-date=9 August 2022 |url=https://rollcall.com/2007/11/06/federal-cash-rebuilds-airstrip-near-graves-land/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aviation's Man in Washington |last=Shiner |first=Linda |work=Smithsonian Magazine |date=March 2014 |access-date=9 August 2022 |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/aviations-man-washington-180949508/}}</ref> Graves is a [[Baptists|Baptist.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf |publisher=PEW Research Center |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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* [http://graves.house.gov Congressman Sam Graves] official U.S. House website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101028214329/http://www.gravesforcongress.com/ Sam Graves for Congress]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101028214329/http://www.gravesforcongress.com/ Sam Graves for Congress]
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. (born November 7, 1963) is an American politician best known for serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for Template:Ushr, with him being the dean of Missouri's congressional delegation upon the retirement of Senator Roy Blunt in 2023, and having held office since 2001. The aforementioned district stretches across most of the northern third of the state, with it including territory from the Kansas border to the Illinois border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Graves is a member of the Republican Party. He has notably served as the Chair in charge of the influential Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the U.S. House for multiple years, with him being able to exceed the system of American term limits normally enforced by the Republican leadership.[1]

The Center for Effective Lawmaking, at Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia, ranked him as the most effective House Republican in the 118th Congress (2023–25).[2]

Early life

Graves was born on November 7, 1963, in Tarkio, Missouri.[3] He is the son of Janice A. (née Hord) and Samuel Bruce Graves, and the brother of attorney Todd Graves.[4] He graduated from the University of Missouri College of Agriculture with a degree in agronomy.[3] He is a member of the Alpha Gamma Sigma fraternity.[5]

Missouri legislature

Graves was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1992.[6] After one term, he was elected to the Missouri Senate in 1994 and reelected in 1998.[3]

U.S. House of Representatives

Political positions

Financial bailouts

After the September 2008 economic crisis, Graves voted against the proposed bailout of United States financial system, claiming it "neither 'punished the wrongdoers nor adequately protected the innocent taxpayers, investors and retirees' caught in the Wall Street banking crisis."[7] In January 2014, Graves introduced the TRICARE Family Improvement Act. The bill would allow dependents of military members to stay on their parents' TRICARE health plan after turning age 26. The bill would change current law, which requires those dependents to change to a separate health plan after turning 26.[8] The American Conservative Union gave him an 85% evaluation in 2017. As of 2019, Graves has a 4% lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters.[9]

Boeing 737 MAX crashes

Graves blamed on May 13, 2019, at the House Aviation subcommittee hearing, the 737 MAX crashes (Lion Air Flight 610) on October 29, 2018, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302) on poor training of the Indonesian and Ethiopian pilots. He stated also that "pilots trained in the U.S. would have been successful" in handling the emergencies on both jets.[10][11] One month earlier the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had issued the Boeing 737 MAX groundings.

Israel-Palestine

Graves voted to support Israel following the October 7 attacks.[12][13]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Ethics investigation

In 2009, the House Ethics Committee began an inquiry into whether Graves used his position on the Small Business Committee to invite Brooks Hurst, a longtime friend and a business partner of his wife, to testify at a committee hearing on the federal regulation of biodiesel and ethanol production. Graves had failed to mention the financial link between his wife and Hurst at the hearing, which dealt with federal subsidies for renewable fuels. A review by the independent Office of Congressional Ethics found "substantial reason to believe that an appearance of conflict of interest was created."[17] Graves said in a statement, "I look forward to a quick review of the facts and answering any questions that the committee may have. I believe that a speedy review will show that all the rules of the House concerning testimony in front of the Small Business Committee were followed."[18] The Office of Congressional Ethics referred the case to the House Ethics committee, which ended its own investigation in October, and released a report finding no ethical violations, as it asserted there was no standard in place for appearances like Hurst's.[19][20]

Political campaigns

Before his congressional career, Graves served eight years in the Missouri General Assembly, winning election to the Missouri House of Representatives once, and to the Missouri Senate twice.

File:George Bush visit Kansas City Assembly.jpg
Graves on the left with President George W. Bush at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri on March 20, 2007
File:President Barack Obama greets Representative Sam Graves.jpg
Graves greeting President Barack Obama in the Blue Room of the White House on May 2, 2011
File:President Donald Trump and Sam Graves at the signing of the FAA bill.jpg
Graves with President Donald Trump at the signing of the FAA bill on October 5, 2018
File:President Joe Biden meets with a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.jpg
Graves and a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meet with President Joe Biden on March 4, 2021

In 2000, Democratic U.S. Representative Pat Danner suddenly retired due to breast cancer. Graves filed within the short period of time left for filing. He faced Danner's son, Steve Danner, a former state senator, in the general election. Graves called Danner as a "tax and spend liberal" and won the race with 51% of the vote.[21]

1992

1992 Election for Missouri House of Representatives 4th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 56.48%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Everett W. Brown Script error: No such module "string". 43.52%
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100%

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1994

1994 Election for Missouri Senate 12th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 60.61%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Doug R. Hughes Script error: No such module "string". 39.31%
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100%

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1998

1998 Election for Missouri Senate 12th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 62.69%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Beth M. Wheeler Script error: No such module "string". 37.31%
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100%

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2000

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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Teresa Anne Loar |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 16.99 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Jeff Bailey |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 10.37 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| John Dady |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 2.54 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Jack C. DeSalms |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 2.04 |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;" | 100 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Sam Graves | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 50.85 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Steve Danner |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 46.78 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Jimmy Dykes |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 1.35 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Marie Richey |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 1.02 |-

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2002

2002 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 63.03
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cathy Rinehart Script error: No such module "string". 35.18
Script error: No such module "Political party". Erik Buck Script error: No such module "string". 1.79
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100

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2004

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Graves during the
108th Congress
2004 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 63.83
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles S. Broomfield Script error: No such module "string". 34.75
Script error: No such module "Political party". Erik Buck Script error: No such module "string". 1.41
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100

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2006

Template:Election box candidate minor party no change
2006 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 61.64
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sara Jo Shettles Script error: No such module "string". 35.73
Script error: No such module "Political party". Erik Buck Script error: No such module "string". 1.94
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100

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2008

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". In 2008, Graves' Democratic challenger was former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes. She was the first reasonably well-financed Democrat to run in the district since Graves' initial run. Graves gained national attention early in the race for running an ad accusing Barnes of promoting "San Francisco values." Despite Barnes' roots in the district (she grew up in St. Joseph and lived in the district's share of Kansas City), Graves was reelected handily, with 59% of the vote to Barnes's 37%.

2008 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 59.43
Script error: No such module "Political party". Kay Barnes Script error: No such module "string". 36.86
Script error: No such module "Political party". Dave Browning Script error: No such module "string". 3.71
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100

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2010

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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Christopher Ryan |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 17.53% |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;" | 100 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Sam Graves | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 69.44 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Clint Hylton |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 30.54 |-

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2012

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|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Christopher Ryan |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 13.45% |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Bob Gough |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 6.22% |-

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | style="text-align:right;" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;" | 100 |- Template:Election box open primary general election no change |- class=vcard | style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:5px" | | class=org style="width:130px" | Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn | Sam Graves | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | Script error: No such module "string". | style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em" | 65.00 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Kyle Yarber |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 32.52 |-

|- class="vcard" |style="color:inherit;background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;width:2px" | |class="org" style="width:130px"| Script error: No such module "Political party". !scope=row style="text-align: left; font-weight:normal; color:inherit; background:inherit;" class=fn| Russ Monchil |style="text-align:right"| Script error: No such module "string". |style="text-align:right"| 2.48 |-

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2014

2014 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 66.65
Script error: No such module "Political party". Bill Hedge Script error: No such module "string". 29.50
Script error: No such module "Political party". Russ Monchil Script error: No such module "string". 3.85

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2016

2016 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 68.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Blackwell Script error: No such module "string". 28.4
Script error: No such module "Political party". Russ Monchil Script error: No such module "string". 2.3
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mike Diel Script error: No such module "string". 1.2

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2018

2018 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 65.4
Script error: No such module "Political party". Henry Martin Script error: No such module "string". 32.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". Dan Hogan Script error: No such module "string". 2.6

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2020

2020 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 67.1
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gena Ross Script error: No such module "string". 30.8
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jim Higgins Script error: No such module "string". 2.1

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2022

2022 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves Script error: No such module "string". 70.3
Script error: No such module "Political party". Henry Martin Script error: No such module "string". 27.5
Script error: No such module "Political party". Edward A (Andy) Maidment Script error: No such module "string". 2.2

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2024

2024 Election for U.S. Representative for Missouri's 6th congressional district
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Graves (incumbent) Script error: No such module "string". 70.7
Script error: No such module "Political party". Pam May Script error: No such module "string". 26.9
Script error: No such module "Political party". Andy Maidment Script error: No such module "string". 1.6
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mike Diel Script error: No such module "string". 0.8
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100.0
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Personal life

Graves is a general aviation pilot. He owns a Piper PA-11 Cub Special, is restoring a Beech AT-10, and co-owns a North American T-6 Texan and a Vultee BT-13 Valiant. Gould Peterson Municipal Airport is named after his uncle, an aviator, and is on his family's farm.[22][23][24] Graves is a Baptist.[25]

References

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  1. ↑ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/03/sam-graves-transportation-committee-waiver
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  8. ↑ "Graves proposes changes to military family health coverage" Template:Webarchive. Ripon Advance. 1/31/14. Retrieved 2/7/14.
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  19. ↑ Larry Margasak [2] Congressional ethics report leaked, reveals names LARRY MARGASAK, October 30, 2009 Associated Press
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