1. Sam Graves has notably served as the Chair in charge of the influential Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the US House for multiple years, with him being able to exceed the system of American term limits normally enforced by the Republican leadership.
Sam Graves is the son of Janice A and Samuel Bruce Graves.
Sam Graves graduated from the University of Missouri College of Agriculture with a degree in agronomy.
Sam Graves is a member of the Alpha Gamma Sigma fraternity.
Sam Graves owns a Piper PA-11 Cub Special, is restoring a Beech AT-10, and co-owns a North American T-6 Texan and a Vultee BT-13 Valiant.
Sam Graves was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1992.
Sam Graves stated that "pilots trained in the US would have been successful" in handling the emergencies on both jets.
Sam Graves voted to support Israel following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
Sam Graves is the brother of Todd Sam Graves, former US Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.
In 2009, the House Ethics Committee began an inquiry into whether Sam Graves used his position on the Small Business Committee to invite Brooks Hurst, a longtime friend and a business partner of his wife, to testify at a committee hearing on the federal regulation of biodiesel and ethanol production.
Sam Graves had failed to mention the financial link between his wife and Hurst at the hearing, which dealt with federal subsidies for renewable fuels.
Sam Graves filed within the short period of time left for filing.
Sam Graves faced Danner's son, Steve Danner, a former state senator, in the general election.
Sam Graves was arguably helped by George W Bush carrying the district in the 2000 presidential election, a theory known as the coattail effect.
Sam Graves was the first reasonably well-financed Democrat to run in the district since Graves' initial run.