Lloyd Smucker
| Lloyd Smucker | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th district |
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| Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Pitts |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 13th district |
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| In office January 6, 2009 – November 30, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Gib Armstrong |
| Succeeded by | Scott Martin |
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| Born | January 23, 1964 Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | Paige, Regan, Nick |
| Residence | West Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Businessman |
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| Website | House website |
Lloyd K. Smucker (born January 23, 1964) is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Previously, he was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 13th District from 2009 to 2016.
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Biography
Smucker was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Daniel and Arie Smucker.[1] He was born into an Amish family. After graduating from Lancaster Mennonite High School in 1981, he attended Lebanon Valley College and Franklin & Marshall College.[2] For twenty-five years, he served as president of the Smucker Company, a family-owned commercial construction firm in Smoketown.[3]
Smucker was a member of the West Lampeter Township Planning Commission for four years before serving two terms as a township supervisor.[3] In 2008, after 23-year incumbent Gib Armstrong decided to retire, Smucker entered the four-way Republican primary to succeed him, receiving 47% of the vote.[4] In the general election, he defeated his Democratic opponent, Lancaster City Council member José E. Urdaneta, by a margin of 57%-43%.[5]
In the Senate, Smucker served as chair of the Intergovernmental Operations Committee, vice-chair of the Labor & Industry Committee, and a member of the Appropriations, Education, Local Government, and Urban Affairs & Housing Committees.[1]
On September 24, 2014, Smucker voted against Pennsylvania senate bill SB1182 which would legalize medical cannabis in Pennsylvania.[6]
Smucker is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership.[7]
He is a member of the Republican Study Committee.[8]
U.S. Congress
On November 8, 2016, Smucker defeated Christina Hartman in the race to replace the retiring Joe Pitts in Congress.[9] He was sworn in to represent Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District on January 3, 2017.[10]
Political positions
As of January 2018, Smucker had voted with his party in 95.4% of votes in the 115th United States Congress and voted in line with President Trump's position in 98.3% of votes.[11][12] Smucker supported the American Health Care Act, the GOP's replacement plan for Obamacare.[13]
Vote Smart Political Courage Test
Vote Smart, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States, "researched presidential and congressional candidates' public records to determine candidates' likely responses on certain key issues." According to Vote Smart's 2016 analysis, Smucker generally supports pro-life legislation, opposes an income tax increase, opposes federal spending and supports lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth, opposes requiring states to adopt federal education standards, opposes the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, opposes gun-control legislation, supports repealing the Affordable Care Act, supports requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship, opposes same-sex marriage, supports increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support, and supports allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts.[14]
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External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Profile at Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at The Library of Congress
- Campaign website
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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| Preceded by | United States Representatives by seniority 421st |
Succeeded by Darren Soto D-Florida |
- 1964 births
- American construction businesspeople
- Franklin & Marshall College alumni
- Lebanon Valley College alumni
- Living people
- Pennsylvania Republicans
- Pennsylvania State Senators
- Politicians from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 21st-century American politicians
- Businesspeople from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
