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U.S. Representative, New Jersey 4th district · Republican

Christopher H. Smith

53 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.

676 recorded votes

  • Voted for52277.2%
  • Voted against14521.4%
  • Did not vote60.9%
98.7%
of the votes they could cast
53
statements indexed
2,054
words on the floor

Turned up for 98.7% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.

In plain English

Smith voted 99 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the House, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Mike Johnson more than anyone else. The two agreed 98 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Henry Cuellar. They agreed 56 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 7 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 5, 1981
Terms served
23 terms in the House
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
Born
March 4, 1953

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Abortion carries most of Smith's indexed remarks, with nine under the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, seven under a heading on defending life, and four more under a bill on pregnant and parenting women. The 2027 defense authorization follows at five, then a gridlock bill at four.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

53 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Christopher H. Smith’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 53 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

Measures that reached a final vote, grouped by subject. A yes here means pass the thing, which is why the count leaves out motions to recommit, to table and to proceed: on those a no can be support. Which subject a measure belongs to is this site's reading, and every measure in every subject is listed. A subject below links to its own measures.

Voting With Their Party

On the 471 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Christopher H. Smith voted on 470 and was with the Republican majority on 448 of them.

470 party line votes cast

  • With their party44895.3%
  • Against their party224.7%

Votes Against Their Own Party

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks Christopher H. Smith as speaking in 32 items of business across 27 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 676 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists Christopher H. Smith. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 676 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other New Jersey representatives in this Congress: Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. and Josh Gottheimer.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.