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Denny Smith (Dennis Alan Smith) was born on 19 January, 1938 in Ontario, Oregon, U.S., is an American politician (born 1938). Discover Denny Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 19 January 1938
Birthday 19 January
Birthplace Ontario, Oregon, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1938

Dennis Alan Smith (born January 19, 1938) is an American businessman and former United States congressman from the state of Oregon.

A native of the state, he served in the Air Force before working in the airline industry and taking over the family's newspaper business.

Dennis Smith was born in the Eastern Oregon city of Ontario, Oregon, on January 19, 1938.

1956

In 1956, he graduated from Grant Union High School in John Day and enrolled at Willamette University in Salem.

1958

He joined the United States Air Force in 1958, and served until 1960, when he joined the Oregon Air National Guard.

1961

Smith then earned a bachelor of arts degree from Willamette in 1961.

1962

He returned to the Air Force in 1962 and remained there until 1967, serving as a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War.

In the war, he flew the F-4C Phantom and completed about 180 missions.

Smith married Sandra in 1962 and was divorced in 1967, after the couple had one son.

1967

Smith remained in the aviation field as a flight engineer and co-pilot for a commercial airline, flying from 1967 until 1976.

1968

In 1968, he also took over the family's newspaper business when his father died.

1974

He worked for Pan American Airlines, and in 1974 was chosen by fellow employees to serve as the union's lobbyist in Washington, DC.

1980

Smith was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1980 to represent Oregon's 2nd congressional district as a Republican.

He defeated 12-term Democrat Al Ullman by only 3,700 votes.

Smith was undoubtedly helped by Ronald Reagan winning every county in the sprawling district.

For his first term, Smith represented a vast district that stretched from his home in the state capital, Salem, all the way to the Idaho border.

When the 1980 census gave Oregon another congressional district, Smith's home in Salem, along with much of the western portion of the old 2nd, was placed in the newly created 5th district.

1981

A Republican, he served ten years in Congress from 1981 until 1991.

His father was former Oregon Governor Elmo Smith.

1982

He was elected from this district in 1982 and was reelected three more times.

While in the House, Smith served on the Budget, the Interior and Insular Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs committees.

1984

Smith was comfortably reelected in 1984 and 1986.

1986

He married Kathleen Barrett, and they had three children, divorcing in 1986.

1988

In 1988, however, he was nearly defeated by Democratic State Representative Mike Kopetski, winning by only 707 votes.

While still serving in Congress, Smith established and headed Oregonians Against Crime, which placed Oregon's 1988 Anti-crime Bill on the ballot by initiative petition and successfully campaigned for its passage.

1989

Smith married Deanna Marie Koenig in 1989.

1990

Kopetski sought a rematch in 1990 and won by attacking Smith for his ties to several collapsed savings and loans.

1994

In 1994, Smith was the Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon, but lost to Democratic state Senate President John Kitzhaber.

2000

He was also the Republican National Committeeman for Oregon up until 2000.

Smith is now the chairman of Eagle Newspapers, a printing and publishing company in the Pacific Northwest.

2009

He was inducted into the Oregon Aviation Hall of Honor in 2009.

2011

Deanna died in 2011.

The only son of former Oregon Governor Elmo Smith and his wife Dorothy, he is also a cousin of Steve Symms, a former congressman and Senator from Idaho.