Sam Graves
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 Official portrait, c. 2023–2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 6th district | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office January 3, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Pat Danner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Missouri Senate from the 12th district | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 4, 1995 – January 3, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Glen Klippenstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Klindt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 4th district | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 6, 1993 – January 4, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Phil Tate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Rex Barnett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. November 7, 1963 Tarkio, Missouri, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Lesley Hickok (m. 1986–2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Todd Graves (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Missouri (BS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | House website Campaign website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. (born November 7, 1963) is an American politician who is currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri's 6th congressional district, with him being the dean of 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 metropolitan area.
Graves is a member of the Republican Party. He has notably served as the Chair in charge of the influential Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the U.S. House for multiple years, with him being able to exceed the system of American term limits normally enforced by the Republican leadership.
On March 27, 2026, Graves announced he would not seek re-election in 2026.