Lamar S. Smith
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| Chairman of the House Science Committee | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ralph Hall |
| Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | John Conyers |
| Succeeded by | Bob Goodlatte |
| Chairman of the House Ethics Committee | |
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In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | James V. Hansen |
| Succeeded by | Joel Hefley |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 21st district |
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Assumed office January 3, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Loeffler |
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Bexar County Commissioner from the 3rd district |
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In office January 1983 – January 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Jeff Wentworth |
| Succeeded by | Walter Bielstein |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 57th district |
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In office December 15, 1981 – November 15, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | James Nowlin |
| Succeeded by | Chock Word |
| Personal details | |
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Lamar Seeligson Smith November 19, 1947 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Schaefer |
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Yale University (BA) Southern Methodist University (JD) |
Lamar Seeligson Smith (born November 19, 1947) is the U.S. Representative (Republican) for Texas's 21st congressional district, serving since 1987. The district includes most of the wealthier sections of San Antonio and Austin, as well as some of the Texas Hill Country. He sponsored the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act (PCIP). He also co-sponsored the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.
Smith attended the private high school at TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas and graduated in 1965. He then earned a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University (1969) and a J.D. from Southern Methodist University (1975).
In 1969, Smith was hired as a management intern by the Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C. He was a business and financial writer for the Christian Science Monitor (1970–1972), was admitted to the Texas bar in 1975, and went into private practice in San Antonio with the firm of Maebius and Duncan, Inc.
In 1978, he was elected chairman of the Republican Party of Bexar County. In 1980, Smith was elected to the Texas House of Representatives representing Bexar County, the 57th District. He served on the Energy Resources Committee and the Fire Ants Select Committee. In 1982, he was elected to the 3rd Precinct of the Bexar County Commission.
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