Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| United States Senator from Missouri | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Roy Blunt |
| 43rd Attorney General of Missouri | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Governor | Mike Parson |
| Preceded by | Josh Hawley |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Bailey |
| 46th Treasurer of Missouri | |
| In office January 9, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Governor | Eric Greitens Mike Parson |
| Preceded by | Clint Zweifel |
| Succeeded by | Scott Fitzpatrick |
| Member of the Missouri Senate from the 15th district | |
| In office January 7, 2009 – January 4, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Michael R. Gibbons |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Koenig |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eric Stephen Schmitt June 20, 1975 Bridgeton, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jaime Forrester |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Truman State University (BA) Saint Louis University (JD) |
Eric Stephen Schmitt (born June 20, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician who is the United States Senator from Missouri since 2023. He was the 43rd Attorney General of Missouri from 2019 to 2023. He was the 46th State Treasurer of Missouri from 2017 to 2019.
Political career
Schmitt was a member of the Missouri Senate from 2009 to 2017. He also was an alderman for Glendale, Missouri from 2005 to 2008.
On November 13, 2018, Schmitt was named Attorney General of Missouri by Governor Mike Parson, after the Josh Hawley, was elected to the United States Senate.
U.S. Senate
In March 2021, he announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in the 2022 election to replace retiring Senator Roy Blunt. He won the Republican nomination in the August primaries.
On September 29, 2026, Schmitt received national attention for his questioning during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the special counsel investigation by Jack Smith into Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Schmitt tried to accuse Smith of perjury for saying he never went to an Atlanta Hawks–Golden State Warriors basketball game in Atlanta. However, in actuality, Smith did not go to the Hawks–Warriors game, but instead the Iowa Hawkeyes-Maryland Terrapins women's basketball game. Schmitt's mistake was called "an embarrassing episode".
References
- ↑ Sarasota Wine Market v. Eric Stephen Schmitt, 19-1948 (8th Cir. March 24, 2021).
- ↑ "Eric Schmitt sworn in as Missouri's 43rd Attorney General". Webster County Citizen. Archived from the original on January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ↑ Suntrup, Jack (November 13, 2018). "State Treasurer Eric Schmitt to become Missouri AG after Hawley elected to Senate". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ↑ King, Samuel (November 13, 2018). "Missouri's Next Attorney General Will Be State Treasurer Eric Schmitt". KCUR-FM. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ↑ "GOP Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt running for U.S. Senate". PBS NewsHour. Associated Press. March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ↑ Rosenbaum, Jason (March 24, 2021). "Attorney General Eric Schmitt Jumps Into Missouri U.S. Senate Race". St. Louis Public Radio. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ↑ Missouri Primary Election Results at NPR
- ↑ Shabad, Rebecca; Tsirkin, Julie; Gregorian, Dareh (September 29, 2026). "GOP senator airballs perjury claim against Jack Smith over apparent Hawks/Hawkeyes mix-up". NBC News. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Barrett, Devlin; Savage, Charlie (September 29, 2026). "As Jack Smith testifies, a senator's accusation of perjury falls apart". The New York Times. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 3 Blake, Aaron (September 29, 2026). "An embarrassing moment for the GOP, a confident witness, and other takeaways from Jack Smith's hearing". CNN. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
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Other websites
Quotations related to Eric Schmitt at Wikiquote
- Official U.S. Senate website
- Lathrop & Gage LLP – People – Eric S. Schmitt biography at his law firm
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Vote Smart
- Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
- "Voter Information for Eric Schmitt. November 4, 2008 Election". SmartVoter. League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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