Lamar Seeligson Smith

Former US Representative from Texas

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 thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-present); chair, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (One Hundred Sixth Congress); chair, Committee on the Judiciary (One Hundred Twelfth Congress); chair, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress).

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Leadership & Staff

Joseph H Gibson Lobbyist, The Gibson Group | former Chief Minority Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee

• Chief of Staff (past)

Lora Ries Former staffer for Rep. Lamar Smith; lobbyist for Monument Policy Group

• Policy director for immigration

Government Positions

House Judiciary Committee Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives

• Ranking Member (?→Jan '19)

Donors

ExxonMobil Oil and gas exploration, production, and marketing

• Donation · 24,750 USD ('98)

Gregory S. Bentley Trustee, Drexel

• Donation · 500 USD (Aug 4 '03)

Kevin McGuiness Lobbyist and former Chief of Staff - Orrin Hatch

• Donation · 500 USD ('02)

Texans for Lamar Smith

• Principal Campaign Committee

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Political Action Committee

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('12)

Olympia Snowe Former US Senator and Representative from Maine

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('00)

Judy Borg Biggert US Representative from Illinois

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('12)

William F Goodling US Representative from Pennsylvania

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('98)

Martin R Hoke US Representative from Ohio

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('93)

James O McCrery III Lobbyist | former US Representative from Louisiana

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('92)

Orrin Hatch Late Former US Senator from Utah (1977-2019)

• 4 contributions · 1,000 USD ('99→'00)

Bob Goodlatte Former US Representative from Virginia (1993-2019)

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('92)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('92)

Becky Armendariz Klein Former Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('04)

Campaign Donors

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George C Hixon Hixon Properties Inc., San Antonio Texas

• 24 contributions · 33,800 USD (Jul 13 '89→Apr 17 '17)

Peter Holt Holt Companies; owner, San Antonio Spurs

• 24 contributions · 32,850 USD ('89→'11)

John W Barger Barger Broadcast Invesments

• 23 contributions · 32,750 USD (Jun 8 '01→Jan 23 '15)

Julianna Holt Rancher, Corpus Christi Texas

• 24 contributions · 29,000 USD (Mar 10 '92→Dec 20 '13)

Mark P Mays Principal of Rocking M Capital ; President and CEO, CC Media Holdings, Inc.

• 11 contributions · 25,700 USD ('04→Jun 27 '16)

Larry Franklin Retired Chairman and chief executive, Harte-Hanks Inc.

• 21 contributions · 25,500 USD (Nov 6 '89→Mar 30 '13)

L Lowry Mays Founder of Clear Channel

• 14 contributions · 21,800 USD ('99→Jun 21 '16)

Charles J Wyly Jr Founder of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

• 15 contributions · 21,200 USD ('90→Sep 26 '05)

Charles Butt Owns Texas based HEB grocery chain

• 15 contributions · 19,700 USD ('90→Jul 12 '13)

Red McCombs Billionaire Texan; UT business school named after him

• 20 contributions · 19,500 USD ('89→'12)

Memberships

Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Subcommittee

• Member (?→Jan '19)

House Committee on Homeland Security Congressional oversight for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Member (?→Jan '19)

House Judiciary Committee Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives

• Member (?→Jan '19)

House Science and Technology Committee

• Member (?→Jan '19)

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 6 '87→Jan 3 '19)

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

Schools

SMU Dedman School of Law

• JD (?→'75)

Yale University Private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut - founded in 1701

• BA (?→'69)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Opponents of a Tax on Carbon Individuals and organizations opposing a Tax on Carbon

• includes (Jul 19 '18→?)

Updated over 1 year ago

Types	Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative
Gender	Male
Birthday	Nov 19 '47
Website	https://lamarsmith.house.gov
Aliases	Lamar Smith

FEC Candidate: H6TX21012