Jason Smith (‘04)
Congressman Jason Smith has served in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. He is a 7th-generation Missourian and represents Missouri’s 8th congressional district. Smith currently serves as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, a position he has held since 2023, and is one of the youngest congressmen to have served in that role.
Smith is from Salem, Missouri, and earned undergraduate degrees in Agricultural Economics and Business Administration from the University of Missouri–Columbia before graduating from OCU Law in 2004. He served four full terms and one partial term in the Missouri House of Representatives, including time as majority whip and speaker pro tempore, before being elected to Congress.
Tim Moore (‘95)
Congressman Tim Moore represents North Carolina’s 14th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, where he has served since January 2025. In Congress, Moore was appointed to a board by President Trump to review the FEMA response to Hurricane Helene and is a member of the House Committees on Financial Services and the Budget. Before being elected to Congress, Moore served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives for a decade. He was first elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2003.
Moore earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and went on to graduate from OCU Law in 1995. He has practiced law in or around his hometown of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, since then.
Mickey Edwards (‘70)
Former Congressman Mickey Edwards represented Oklahoma’s 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1977–1993. Since leaving Congress, Edwards has taught courses in law, politics, and national security at Harvard, Georgetown, The George Washington University, the University of Pennsylvania and (currently) Princeton. Edwards has authored numerous books and articles, has spoken on many college campuses, is a regular political commentator on NPR, and is frequently published in major newspapers across the country.
Ernest Istook (‘77)
Former Congressman Ernest Istook represented Oklahoma’s 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1993–2007. After serving in Congress, Istook launched his radio show “Istook Live!” and has been a Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, the Heritage Foundation, and the Frontiers of Freedom Foundation. He has been a columnist for The Washington Post, contributed to many other major publications, and appeared frequently on national talk radio and TV news programs. He currently practices law at Howard, Lewis & Petersen in Utah and teaches classes in history and political science at Utah Valley University and Brigham Young University.
