Jason Smith

JASON SMITH, Republican, of Salem, MO; born in St. Louis, MO, June 16, 1980; education: B.S., agricultural economics and business administration, with an emphasis in finance, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2001; J.D., Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, OK, 2004; professional history: attorney; real estate agent; small business owner; farmer (fourth generation owner of the family farm); member, Missouri House of Representatives, 2005-2013 (Majority Whip, 96th General Assembly; Speaker Pro Tem, 97th General); election history: elected, by special election, to the 113th Congress on June 4, 2013, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson; reelected to each succeeding Congress.