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Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• University of Georgia Terry College of Business - BBA, finance (1993)

• Cass High School (Cartersville, Ga.) - Diploma (1988)

Office History

Election Results

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  14th Congressional District of Georgia
  John Thomas Graves Jr. (Tom), 77.00%

  Republican
  Steven Lamar Foster, 23.00%

  Democrat

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  14th Congressional District of Georgia
  John Thomas Graves Jr. (Tom), 99.90%

  Republican

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  14th Congressional District of Georgia
  John Thomas Graves Jr. (Tom), 100.00%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  14th Congressional District of Georgia
  John Thomas Graves Jr. (Tom), 72.97%

  Republican
  Daniel Danny Grant, 27.03%

  Democrat

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  9th Congressional District of Georgia
  John Thomas Graves Jr. (Tom), 100.00%

  Republican

Employment History

• Ervin Graves Strategy Group LLC (Oct. 2020-)

  President and CEO

• Real estate investor

• Landscaping company

  Owner

• Federated Department Stores Inc.

  Asset Recovery Specialist

Associated Organizations

• Belmont Baptist Church (Calhoun, Ga.)

  Deacon

• Georgia PAC

• Freedom Advancement Fund

• Graves for Congress (Georgia)

Awards

• Democracy Award for Innovation and Modernization (Congressional Management Foundation) (April 2020)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (2020)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (Aug. 2019)

• True Blue Award (Family Research Council Action) (April 2019)

• Conservative Excellence Award (American Conservative Union Foundation) (April 2019)

• Taxpayer Hero (Council for Citizens Against Government Waste) (April 2019)

• Taxpayers' Friend Award (National Taxpayers Union) (Sept. 2018)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (April 2018)

• Conservative Excellence Award (American Conservative Union Foundation) (April 2018)

• Conservative Achievement Award (American Conservative Union) (May 2017)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (Dec. 2016)

• Friend of Farm Bureau Award (American Farm Bureau Federation) (Sept. 2016)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Sept. 2016)

• Conservative Excellence Award (American Conservative Union Foundation) (April 2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Taxpayers’ Friend Award (National Taxpayers Union) (Oct. 2013)

• Freedom Fighter Award (FreedomWorks Inc.) (March 2013)

• Defender of Liberty Award (American Conservative Union) (Feb. 21, 2013)

• Defender of Economic Freedom Award (Club for Growth) (June 2011)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (2009)

• Legislator of the Year (American Legislative Exchange Council) (2009)

Official Signature

Contact Information

Main Office
410 1st St. SE
Suite 300
Washington, District of Columbia 20003
Phone: (202) 863-0001
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Lobbying and Foreign Representation

Listed as lobbyist by registrants:

• Ervin Graves Strategy Group LLC (2021-2024)

Lobbied on behalf of:

• 777 Partners LLC
• Alpha Eagle Technology Corp.
• American Hotel and Lodging Association
• Arizona State University
• Coca-Cola Co.
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Privately Financed Travel

10 trips taken between 2011 - 2019 costing $79,183

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Rep. Gonzales LD takes wing to Southwest Airlines

  Posted by Heavyn Lester on April 24, 2024
  A Republican House staffer has landed a position at Southwest Airlines. read more

• Two GOP ex-members make lobbying debut

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 24, 2022
  Two Republicans are the latest former members to register as first-time lobbyists. read more

• For Ervin Graves, HELP is on the way

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 26, 2021
  A fast-growing government-relations firm has wooed an aide from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. read more

• Controversial candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene lists Big Tech as her "enemy" - but is happy to invest

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 31, 2020
  Marjorie Taylor Greene, controversial GOP nominee likely to replace retiring Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) in Congress, positions herself as anti-Big Tech. But the Republican candidate has no problem investing in Apple, Facebook and her other purported "enemies." read more

• Three representatives on pace to overspend 2018 budgets

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 2, 2018
  Three representatives are on pace to outspend their 2018 office budgets, according to a new LegiStorm analysis of member expenses. read more

• NRA lobbyist back to Hill as chief of staff

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 11, 2017
  Less than a month after the shooting at a congressional baseball practice reignited a debate about the role of firearms in society, Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) has brought a gun lobbyist on as chief of staff. read more

• Members take private funds to witness Israeli military operaiton

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Aug. 28, 2014
  August might be the perfect time to visit Aspen or Paris, but a handful of members instead chose to visit a battle zone: Israel. read more

• Israel jaunts set record for most costly trips

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on Sept. 12, 2011
  The American Israel Education Foundation has spent a record amount to send members of Congress and their staff to Israel in 2011, even before all the numbers are in. read more

• House 2010 3rd quarter salaries are available

  Posted by LegiStorm on Dec. 6, 2010
  LegiStorm has added the House of Representative salary data for the 2010 third quarter today. read more