Sam Graves

Sam Graves
Chair of the House Transportation Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byPeter DeFazio
Ranking Member of the House Transportation Committee
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byPeter DeFazio
Succeeded byRick Larsen
Chair of the House Small Business Committee
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byNydia Velázquez
Succeeded bySteve Chabot
Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee
In office
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
Preceded bySteve Chabot
Succeeded byNydia Velázquez
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 6th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2001
Preceded byPat Danner
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 12th district
In office
January 4, 1995 – January 3, 2001
Preceded byGlen Klippenstein
Succeeded byDavid Klindt
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 4th district
In office
January 6, 1993 – January 4, 1995
Preceded byPhil Tate
Succeeded byRex Barnett
Personal details
Born
Samuel Bruce Graves Jr.

(1963-11-07) November 7, 1963 (age 60)
Tarkio, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Lesley Hickok
(m. 1986⁠–⁠2012)
Children3
RelativesTodd Graves (brother)
EducationUniversity of Missouri (BS)
WebsiteHouse website

Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. (born November 7, 1963) is an American politician serving as the United States representative for Missouri's 6th congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches across most of the northern third of the state, from the Kansas border to the Illinois border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the Kansas City area, including the northern fourth of Kansas City. Graves is the dean of Missouri's congressional delegation.