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Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Washington and Lee University School of Law - JD (1983)

• Emory and Henry College - BA, with honors (1980)

• Andrew Lewis High School (Salem, Va.) - Diploma (1976)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  9th Congressional District of Virginia
  Howard Morgan Griffith (Morgan), 93.98%

  Republican

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  9th Congressional District of Virginia
  Howard Morgan Griffith (Morgan), 65.00%

  Republican
  Anthony Jude Flaccavento, 35.00%

  Democrat

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  9th Congressional District of Virginia
  Howard Morgan Griffith (Morgan), 68.59%

  Republican
  Derek Wayne Kitts, 28.32%

  Democrat
  Janice Allen Boyd, 2.92%

  Independent

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  9th Congressional District of Virginia
  Howard Morgan Griffith (Morgan), 72.15%

  Republican
  William R. Carr Jr., 24.21%

  Independent

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  9th Congressional District of Virginia
  Howard Morgan Griffith (Morgan), 61.29%

  Republican
  Anthony Jude Flaccavento, 38.59%

  Democrat

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  9th Congressional District of Virginia
  Howard Morgan Griffith (Morgan), 51.21%

  Republican
  Frederick Carlyle Boucher (Rick), 46.41%

  Democrat
  Jeremiah D Heaton, 2.29%

  Independent

Employment History

• Albo & Oblon LLP (June 2008-2010)

  Head, Roanoke/Salem Office

• Private attorney (1983-2008)

Associated Organizations

• Morgan Griffith for Congress (Virginia)

• Fellowship Community Church (Salem, Va.)

Awards

• Defender of Limited Government Award (Institute for Legislative Analysis) (June 2023)

• Friend of Farm Bureau Award (Virginia Farm Bureau Federation) (Jan. 2023)

• Taxpayers’ Friend Award (National Taxpayers Union) (May 2021)

• Freedom Fighter Award (FreedomWorks Inc.) (July 2019)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2018)

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

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (Sept. 2018)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (Aug. 2018)

• FreedomFighter (FreedomWorks Inc.) (July 17, 2018)

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

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

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (Aug. 3, 2016)

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

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2014)

• Friend of Farm Bureau Award (American Farm Bureau Federation) (Sept. 2014)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Feb. 2013)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2202 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-4609
Phone:	202-225-3861
Fax:	202-225-0076

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Privately Financed Travel

7 trips taken between 2014 - 2024 costing $111,176

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Administration Committee
House Administration Committee Oversight Subcommittee
• House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Energy and Commerce Committee Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee
House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee
House Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Chair
• Joint Committee on Printing

Caucuses

• 5G Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
• Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caucus
• Congressional America 250 Caucus
• Congressional Appalachian National Scenic Trail Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Border Security Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
• Congressional Chemistry Caucus
• Congressional Chicken Caucus
• Congressional Coal Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Community Pharmacy Caucus
• Congressional Composites Caucus
• Congressional Constitution Caucus
• Congressional Cut Flower Caucus
• Congressional Dairy Caucus
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional Direct Selling Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Sweden Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Wales Caucus, Chair
• Congressional Golf Caucus
• Congressional Independent Colleges Caucus
• Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
• Congressional Natural Gas Caucus
• Congressional Ohio River Basin Caucus
• Congressional Prayer Caucus
• Congressional Rural Broadband Caucus
• Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus
• Congressional Small Business Caucus
• Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
• Congressional Steel Caucus
• Congressional Tennessee Valley Corridor Caucus
• Congressional Tire Caucus
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional White Oak Caucus
• Conservative Climate Caucus
• Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus
• Friends of Switzerland Caucus
• House Freedom Caucus
• House General Aviation Caucus
• House Hunger Caucus
• House Liberty Caucus
• House Military Depot, Arsenal, Ammunition Plant and Industrial Facilities Caucus
• House Paper and Packaging Caucus
• House Republican Conference
• House Republican Healthy Future Task Force
• House Republican Healthy Future Task Force Modernization Subcommittee
• House Rural Education Caucus
• House Textile Caucus
• International Conservation Caucus
• Public Works and Infrastructure Caucus
• Veterinary Medicine Caucus

Caught Our Eye

• Ex legislative director now with the Joint Commission

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 15, 2016

  Adam Harbison has spent his last five years advising members of Congress on healthcare issues. But this month, his penchant for all things health has taken him from Capitol Hill to the Joint Commission, a nonprofit accreditor of medical organizations. read more

• Staffers and members crisscross globe during August recess

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Sept. 22, 2014
  Trips by members of Congress and their staffs during the August recess cost $766,000, a dramatic increase from two years ago.Although the figure is much lower than last August's $2 million figure, it represents a nearly 50 percent increase in spending over the more comparable election-year August of 2012, when $515,000 was spent. Typically, election year travel is reduced, as members focus their attention on reelection and away from potentially politically unpopular junkets. The latest numbers support an overall increase in travel in recent years. 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

• Posted by Nick Blair on July 11, 2013
  A former aide to Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) has left the Hill for greener pastures. read more