Nick Smith Republican - MI

SMITH, Nick H., a Representative from Michigan; born in Addison, Hillsdale County, Mich., November 5, 1934; B.A., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., 1957; M.S., University of Delaware, Newark, Del., 1959; United States Air Force, 1959-1961; trustee, Somerset Township, Mich., board, 1962-1968, and supervisor, 1966-1968; member of the Hillsdale County, Mich., board of supervisors, 1966-1968; assistant deputy administrator and director of energy, United States Department of Agriculture, 1972-1974; chair, Michigan Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; delegate to the American Assembly on World Population and Hunger, Washington, D.C., 1973; member of the Michigan state house of representative, 1978-1982; member of the Michigan state senate, 1983-1993; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2005); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Ninth Congress in 2004.