Robert Freeman SMITH, Congress, OR (1931)

SMITH Robert Freeman , A Representative from Oregon; born in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg., June 16, 1931; attended public schools in Burns, Oreg.; B.A., Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., 1953; rancher; elected to the Oregon house of representatives, 1960-1972; Oregon's representative on President's Public Land Review Commission, 1965-1969; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1980; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1995); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifth Congress (January 3, 1997-January 3, 1999); was not a candidate for reelection in 1998 to the One Hundred Sixth Congress; chairman, Committee on Agriculture (One Hundred Fifth Congress); died on September 21, 2020, in Medford, Oreg.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

Birth Date
1931