Friday January 16, 2009
01-16-2009 CRAPO MEETS WITH ENERGY SECRETARY-DESIGNATE CHU
Washington, DC – Idaho Senator Mike Crapo discussed issues relating to the Idaho National Laboratory during a meeting with Dr. Steven Chu, President-Elect...(More)
01-15-2009 BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS CALL FOR STIMULUS FUNDS TO CLEAN-UP NUCLEAR SITES
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A bipartisan group of eight U.S. Senators today called for $6 billion in economic recovery funds to be dedicated to the cleanup...(More)
01-15-2009 CRAPO VOTES AGAINST RELEASING UNPSENT $350 BILLION OF TARP FUNDING
Washington, DC – Idaho Senator Mike Crapo voted in favor of a resolution today disapproving the release of the remaining $350 billion under the...(More)
Owyhee Initiative
Links and information on the Owyhee Initiative.
111th Congress Preview
Mike outlines some of his legislative priorities for the 111th Congress.
Visiting DC?
Find out about popular government buildings and monuments you can visit on your trip.
ESRA
Check out Senator Crapo's Endangered Species Recovery Act, which provides incentives to private property owners for conservation.
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Steven Douglas Symms, served from 1981 to 1993
Steve Symms was born in Nampa, Idaho on April 23, 1938. He attended the public schools there and graduated from the University of Idaho, Moscow in 1960. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1960 to 1963.
He was a private pilot, fruit rancher, and co-editor of Idaho Compass from 1969-1972.
He was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972 and re-elected to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1981).
He was not a candidate in 1980 for re-election to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the United States Senate on November 4, 1980 and re-elected in 1986 and served from January 3, 1981 to January 3, 1993.
Symms was not a candidate for re-election in 1992.
Bibliography
Hatzenbuehler, Ronald L., and Bert W. Marley. "Why Church Lost: A Preliminary Analysis of the Church-Symms Election of 1980." Pacific Historical Review 56 (February 1987): 99-112; Symms, Steven D. "Energy: Is There a Shortage?" In Can You Afford This House?, edited by David C. Treen, pp. 259-69. Edison, NJ: Green Hill Publishers, 1978.
Photos provided by the Idaho State Historical Society. Biographical information compiled by Congressional Research Service.