What is Robert Freeman Smith?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = Robert Freeman Smith.jpg | office = Chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Agriculture|House Agriculture Committee]] | term_start = January 3, 1997 | term_end = January 3, 1999 | predecessor = [[Pat Roberts]] | successor = [[Larry Combest]] | state1 = [[Oregon]] | district1 = {{ushr|OR|2|2nd}} | term_start1 = January 3, 1997 | term_end1 = January 3, 1999 | predecessor1 = [[Wes Cooley]] | successor1 = [[Greg Walden]] | term_start2 = January 3, 1983 | term_end2 = January 3, 1995 | predecessor2 = [[Denny Smith]] | successor2 = Wes Cooley | office3 = 52nd [[List of Speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the [[Oregon House of Representatives]] | term_start3 = 1969 | term_end3 = 1973 | predecessor3 = [[F. F. Montgomery]] | successor3 = [[Richard O. Eymann]] | state_house4 = Oregon | district4 = 26th | term4 = 1961–1973 | predecessor4 = [[Clinton P. Haight, Jr.]] | successor4 = [[Denny Jones]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|6|16|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Portland, Oregon]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|21|1931|6|16|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Medford, Oregon]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] }} '''Robert Freeman Smith''' (June 16, 1931 &ndash; September 21, 2020) was an American politician. Smith, a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], was a United States Congressman from [[Oregon's 2nd congressional district]] from 1983 to 1995. After a brief retirement, he returned to Congress in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fattig|first=Paul|title=Former congressman, felon Cooley may run for office again|publisher=Mail Tribune News|date=March 1998|url=http://archive.mailtribune.com/archive/98/mar98/3698n1.htm|access-date=2018-03-31|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172800/http://www.mailtribune.com/section/archive|url-status=dead}}</ref> Smith died on September 21, 2020 in [[Medford, Oregon]]