Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender:
Family: Wife: Lydia
Birth date: 12/24/1949
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO
Home City: Hannibal MO
Religion: Full Gospel

Profession

Ordained Minister, 1973-present Missouri Division of Family Services (caseworker) 05/77-11/96 US Army (served in Vietnam) 1969-1971

Education

AA, Hannibal LaGrange College, Hannibal, MO 1976 BA, Quincy College, Quincy, IL 1976

Committees

Agri-Business
Elementary and Secondary Education
Small Business
Tax Reform

HB 1046 Requires Proof of Citizenship for Presidential Candidates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1541 Authorizes Religious Objections by Medical Workers for Certain Medical Procedures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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HB 1046 Requires Proof of Citizenship for Presidential Candidates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1541 Authorizes Religious Objections by Medical Workers for Certain Medical Procedures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 43 Limits State Spending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 8 Tax Credit Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HA 1 to SB 7 Prohibits Public Funding for Certain Life Science Research Projects
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 7 Incentives for Science-Based Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HA 1 to SB 7 Prohibits Public Funding for Certain Life Science Research Projects
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 7 Incentives for Science-Based Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 6 Appropriations for Missouri Disaster Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Authority Over the Saint Louis Police Department
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 6 Appropriations for Missouri Disaster Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Authority Over the Saint Louis Police Department
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 73 Drug Testing Of Welfare Recipients
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting Plan
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 113 Regulating Animal Care Facilities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 213 Restrictions on Late-Term Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 167 Driver License Examinations Administered in English Only
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 61 Minimum Wage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 39 Attorney General Challenge of the Federal Health Care Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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