Leaving office January 3, 2027.Did not run for re-election in 2026. This page switches to the former-officeholder layout when the term ends.

RepublicanIn office until January 3, 2027

Sam Graves

U.S. Representative, MO-6 since 2001. Did not run for re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 16 elections between 1992 and 2024, winning 16.

U.S. Representative, MO-6Born 1963

Official website Wikipedia Congress.gov FEC filings

In office: 25 yrs; Since 2001
Bills became law: 0; 16 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed: 7.1%; Chamber median 2.1%
With party: 99%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +43.8; Won 2024
Elections: 16; 1992–2024

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Chair
House Committee on Armed ServicesTactical Air and Land Forces

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 16 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 119th Congress.

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Graves sits in the U.S. House

Graves is closer to the center than 51% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Michael Guest, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, Mike Johnson

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Graves’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans99%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills15%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the U.S. House.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Graves’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Graves	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Sep 16, 2026	HR 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 262–159
Jun 30, 2026	HCONRES 108: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to…	No	No	Yes	Failed 189–235
Jun 9, 2026	S 2: Secure America Act	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 214–212
May 13, 2026	HR 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 218–203
Feb 12, 2026	HR 2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 233–185

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Graves was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

1992199620002004200820122016202020242028Missouri House of Representatives, District 4 Missouri State Senate, District 12 U.S. House, MO-6

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2024	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+43.8	R+39.3	+4.5
2022	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+42.8	R+37.9	+4.9
2020	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+36.2	—	—
2018	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+33.4	—	—
2016	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+39.6	—	—
2014	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+37.1	—	—
2012	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+32.5	—	—
2010	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+38.9	—	—
2008	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+22.6	—	—
2006	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+25.9	—	—
2004	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+29.1	—	—
2002	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+27.8	—	—
2000	U.S. House, MO-6	Won	R+4.1	—	—
1998	Missouri State Senate, District 12	Won	R+25.4	—	—
1994	Missouri State Senate, District 12	Won	R+21.2	—	—
1992	Missouri House of Representatives, District 4	Won	R+13.0	—	—