Steven Symms Republican - ID

SYMMS, Steven Douglas, a Representative and a Senator from Idaho; born in Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, April 23, 1938; attended the public schools; graduated, University of Idaho, Moscow 1960; served in the United States Marine Corps 1960-1963; private pilot; fruit rancher; co-editor of Idaho Compass 1969-1972; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1981); was not a candidate in 1980 for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the United States Senate on November 4, 1980; reelected in 1986 and served from January 3, 1981 to January 3, 1993; was not a candidate for reelection in 1992; founded Symms, Lehn Associates, Inc.; joined Parry, Romani & Deconcini 2001.