Smith was a senator from New Hampshire as a Republican. He served from 1990 to 2002.
He was previously the representative for New Hampshire’s 1st congressional district as a Republican from 1985 to 1990.
![Photo of Sen. Robert “Bob” Smith [R-NH, 1990-2002]](/static/legislator-photos/300155-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Smith is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2002 positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Smith sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 1997 to Nov 20, 2002. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Smith was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- S. 1866 (106th): John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Act
- S. 2073 (103rd): A bill to designate the United States courthouse that is scheduled to be constructed in Concord, New Hampshire, as the “Warren B. Rudman United States Courthouse”, and ...
- S.J.Res. 196 (103rd): A joint resolution designating September 16, 1994, as “National POW/MIA Recognition Day” and authorizing display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.
- S.J.Res. 126 (103rd): A joint resolution designating September 10, 1993, as “National POW/MIA Recognition Day” and authorizing the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.
- S. 461 (102nd): Lamprey River Study Act of 1991
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Smith sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (24%) Law (15%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Commerce (11%) International Affairs (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%) Transportation and Public Works (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Smith’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 2886 (107th): Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act
- S. 2813 (107th): Water Quality Investment Act of 2002
- S. 2815 (107th): Clear Skies Act of 2002
- S.Res. 297 (107th): A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that pet owners should ...
- S.Res. 290 (107th): A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the designation of ...
- S.Res. 288 (107th): A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that New Hampshire residents ...
- S. 2575 (107th): American Land Sovereignty Protection Act
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1991 to Nov 2002, Smith missed 39 of 4,110 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Nov 2002. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- @unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
