Editing Sam Graves (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1963)}}
{{About|the U.S. representative from Missouri|other persons with similar names|Samuel Graves (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Sam Graves
| image         = Sam Graves ca 118th Congress.JPG
| office        = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Transportation Committee]]
| term_start    = January 3, 2023
| term_end      = 
| predecessor   = [[Peter DeFazio]]
| successor     = 
| office1       = Ranking Member of the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Transportation Committee]]
| term_start1   = January 3, 2019
| term_end1     =  January 3, 2023
| predecessor1  = [[Peter DeFazio]]
| successor1    = [[Rick Larsen]]
| office2       = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Small Business|House Small Business Committee]]
| term_start2   = January 3, 2011
| term_end2     = January 3, 2015
| predecessor2  = [[Nydia Velázquez]]
| successor2    = [[Steve Chabot]]
| office3       = Ranking Member of the [[United States House Committee on Small Business|House Small Business Committee]]
| term_start3   = January 3, 2009
| term_end3     = January 3, 2011
| predecessor3  = [[Steve Chabot]]
| successor3    = [[Nydia Velázquez]]
| state4        = [[Missouri]]
| district4     = {{ushr|MO|6|6th}}
| term_start4   = January 3, 2001
| term_end4     = 
| predecessor4  = [[Pat Danner]]
| successor4    = 
| state_senate5 = Missouri
| district5     = 12th
| term_start5   = January 4, 1995
| term_end5     = January 3, 2001
| predecessor5  = [[Glen Klippenstein]]
| successor5    = [[David Klindt]]
| state_house6  = Missouri
| district6     = 4th
| term_start6   = January 6, 1993
| term_end6     = January 4, 1995
| predecessor6  = Phil Tate
| successor6    = [[Rex Barnett]]
| birth_name    = Samuel Bruce Graves Jr.
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1963|11|7}}
| birth_place   = [[Tarkio, Missouri|Tarkio]], [[Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse        = {{marriage|Lesley Hickok|1986|2012|<!--end=unknown?-->}}
| children      = 3
| relatives     = [[Todd Graves (attorney)|Todd Graves]] (brother)
| education     = [[University of Missouri]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
| website       = {{URL|graves.house.gov|House website}}
| module        = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Sam Graves Speaks in Favour of a Resolution to Terminate the COVID-19 National Emergency.ogg|title=Sam Graves's voice|type=speech|description=Graves explains his support for a joint resolution terminating the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States#January to March 2023|COVID-19 national emergency]]<br/>Recorded February 1, 2023}}
}}
'''Samuel Bruce Graves Jr.''' (born November 7, 1963) is an American [[politician]] best known for serving in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] for {{ushr|MO|6}}, with him being the dean of [[Missouri's congressional districts|Missouri's congressional delegation]] upon the retirement of Senator [[Roy Blunt]] in 2023, and having held office since 2001. The aforementioned district stretches across most of the northern third of the state, with it including territory from the [[Kansas]] border to the [[Illinois]] border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City metropolitan area]].

Graves is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He has notably served as the [[Chair (officer)|Chair]] in charge of the influential [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]] in the U.S. House for multiple years, with him being able to exceed the [[Term limits in the United States|system of American term limits]] normally enforced by the Republican leadership.<ref>https://www.axios.com/2024/12/03/sam-graves-transportation-committee-waiver</ref>