Shap Smith

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Shap Smith
92nd Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2009
Preceded by	Gaye R. Symington
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Lamoille-Washington 1 district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2003
Personal details
Born	(1965-12-16) December 16, 1965 Danbury, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Melissa Volansky
Profession	Attorney

Shapleigh "Shap" Smith, Jr. (born December 16, 1965 in Danbury, Connecticut) is an American politician serving as the Democratic Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives since 2009. Smith is a six-term member representing the Lamoille-Washington 1 District, which includes the Towns of Elmore and Morristown in Lamoille County and Woodbury and Worcester in Washington County. Mr. Smith resides in Morristown with his wife, Melissa Volansky, and their two children.

Smith was first elected to the Vermont House in 2002. He was a member of the House Ways & Means Committee and the Joint Fiscal Committee. On December 6, 2008, House Democrats, who held a 95–48 majority, nominated Smith to be the next Speaker of the Vermont House.^[1] Smith was first elected Speaker on January 8, 2009.^[2] He was re-elected as Speaker on January 5, 2011, and on January 8, 2013.

Smith is an attorney and shareholder with the law firm of Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C. in Burlington. He graduated from the University of Vermont (B.A., 1987), and is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He also attended the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., cum laude, 1991).

Notes

↑ "Morrisville (sic) lawmaker nominated as House Speaker". WCAX.com (WCAX-TV Channel 3). December 6, 2008.
↑ "Speaker chosen, committees named, $120M bond proposed". Barre-Montpelier (Vt.) Times-Argus. January 8, 2009.

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Members of the Vermont House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Shap Smith (D)
Majority Leader: Willem Jewett (D)
Minority Leader: Donald H. Turner (R)
Progressive Leader: Christopher Pearson (P)

Betty Nuovo (D, Add.-1)
Paul Ralston (D, Add.-1)
Willem Jewett (D, Add.-2)
Diane Lanpher (D, Add.-3)
Warren Van Wyck (R, Add.-3)
Michael Fisher (D, Add.-4)
David Sharpe (D, Add.-4)
Harvey Smith (R, Add.-5)
Will Stevens (I, Add.-Rut.-1)
Bill Botzow (D, Benn.-1)
Brian Campion (D, Benn.-2-1)
Timothy Corcoran II (D, Benn.-2-1)
Anne Mook (D, Benn.-2-2)
Mary Morrissey (R, Benn.-2-2)
Alice Miller (D, Benn.-3)
Jeff Wilson (D, Benn.-4)
Cynthia Browning (D, Benn.-4)
Patti Komline (R, Benn.-Rut.-1)
Leigh Larocque (R, Cal.-1)
Kristina Michelsen (D, Cal.-2)
Michelle Fay (D, Cal.-3)
Robert South (D, Cal.-3)
Richard Lawrence (R, Cal.-4)
Martha Feltus (R, Cal.-4)
Kitty Beattie Toll (D, Cal.-Wash.-1)
Anne Therea O'Brien (D, Chit.-1)
Terence Macaig (D, Chit.-2)
Jim McCullough (D, Chit.-2)
William Frank (D, Chit.-3)
George Till (D, Chit.-3)
Mike Yantachka (D, Chit.-4-1)
William J. Lippert (D, Chit.-4-2)
Kate Webb (D, Chit.-5-1)
Joan Lenes (D, Chit.-5-2)
Joanna Cole (D, Chit.-6-1)
Kurt Wright (R, Chit.-6-1)
Jean O'Sullivan (D, Chit.-6-2)
Jill Krowinski (D, Chit.-6-3)
Curtis McCormack (D, Chit.-6-3)
Christopher Pearson (P, Chit.-6-4)
Kesha Ram (D, Chit.-6-4)
Johannah Leddy Donovan (D, Chit.-6-5)
Suzi Wizowaty (D, Chit.-6-5)
Barbara Rachelson (D, Chit.-6-6)
Clem Bissonnette (D, Chit.-6-7)
George Cross (D, Chit.-6-7)
Michele Kupersmith (D, Chit.-7-1)
Ann Pugh (D, Chit.-7-2)
Helen Head (D, Chit.-7-3)
Maida Townsend (D, Chit.-7-4)

Debbie Evans (D, Chit.-8-1)
Linda Myers (R, Chit.-8-1)
Tim Jerman (D, Chit.-8-2)
Linda Waite-Simpson (D, Chit.-8-2)
Martha Heath (D, Chit.-8-3)
Bob Bouchard (R, Chit.-9-1)
Jim Condon (D, Chit.-9-1)
Patrick Brennan (R, Chit.-9-2)
Kristy Spengler (D, Chit.-9-2)
Ronald Hubert (R, Chit.-10)
Donald H. Turner (R, Chit.-10)
Constance Quimby (R, Ess.-Cal.)
William Johnson (R, Ess.-Cal.-Orl.)
Carolyn Whitney Branagan (R, Frank.-1)
John Mitchell (R, Frank.-2)
Kathleen Keenan (D, Frank.-3-1)
Michael McCarthy (D, Frank.-3-1)
Eileen Dickinson (R, Frank.-3-2)
Michel Consejo (D, Frank.-4)
Brian K. Savage (R, Frank.-4)
Stephen Beyor (R, Frank.-5)
Albert Pearce (R, Frank.-5)
Daniel Connor (D, Frank.-6)
Cindy Weed (P, Frank.-7)
Mitzi Johnson (D, G.I.-Chit.-1)
Robert Krebs (D, G.I.-Chit.-1)
Heidi Scheurermann (R, Lam.-1)
Linda Martin (D, Lam.-2)
Mark Woodward (D, Lam.-2)
Bernard Juskiewicz (R, Lam.-3)
Peter Peltz (D, Lam.-Wash.)
Shap Smith (D, Lam.-Wash.)
Susan Davis (P, Oran.-1)
Philip Winters (R, Oran.-1)
Sarah Copeland-Hanzas (D, Oran.-2)
Chip Conquest (D, Oran.-Cal.)
Patsy French (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.)
Lawrence Townsend (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.)
Lynn Batchelor (R, Orl.-1)
Loren Shaw (R, Orl.-1)
Duncan Kilmartin (R, Orl.-2)
Michael Marcotte (R, Orl.-2)
Vicki Strong (R, Orl.-Cal.)
Sam Young (D, Orl.-Cal.)
Mark Higley (R, Orl.-Lam.)
Andrew Donaghy (R, Rut.-1)
Joseph Burditt (R, Rut.-2)
Dave Potter (D, Rut.-2)
William Canfield (R, Rut.-3)
Robert Helm (R, Rut.-3)

Thomas Terenzini (R, Rut.-4)
Peter Fagan (R, Rut.-5-1)
Lawrence Cupoli (R, Rut.-5-2)
Herb Russell (D, Rut.-5-3)
Douglas Gage (R, Rut.-5-4)
Stephen Carr (D, Rut.-6)
Butch Shaw (R, Rut.-6)
John Malcolm (D, Rut.-Benn.)
Anne Gallivan (D, Rut.-Winds.-1)
Dennis Devereux (R, Rut.-Winds.-2)
Anne Donahue (R, Wash.-1)
Patti Lewis (R, Wash.-1)
Thomas Koch (R, Wash.-2)
Francis McFaun (R, Wash.-2)
Paul Poirier (I, Wash.-3)
Tess Taylor (D, Wash.-3)
Mary Hooper (D, Wash.-4)
Warren F. Kitzmiller (D, Wash.-4)
Tony Klein (D, Wash.-5)
Janet Ancel (D, Wash.-6)
Maxine Jo Grad (D, Wash.-7)
Adam Greshin (I, Wash.-7)
Rebecca Ellis (D, Wash.-Chit.)
Tom Stevens (D, Wash.-Chit.)
Michael Herbert (R, Windh.-1)
Valerie Stewart (D, Windh.-2-1)
Mollie S. Burke (P, Windh.-2-2)
Tristan Toleno (D, Windh.-2-3)
Carolyn Partridge (D, Windh.-3)
Matthew A. Trieber (D, Windh.-3)
David Deen (D, Windh.-4)
Mike Mrowicki (D, Windh.-4)
Richard Marek (D, Windh.-5)
Ann Manwaring (D, Windh.-6)
John Moran (D, Windh.-Benn.)
Charles Goodwin (I, Windh.-Benn.-Winds.)
Jon Batholomew (D, Winds.-1)
Donna Sweaney (D, Winds.-1)
Mark Huntley (D, Winds.-2)
Leigh Dakin (D, Winds.-3-1)
Alice Emmons (D, Winds.-3-2)
Cynthia Martin (D, Winds.-3-2)
Teo Zagar (D, Winds.-4-1)
Kevin Christie (D, Winds.-4-2)
Sheila Vowinkel (D, Winds.-4-2)
Alison Clarkson (D, Winds.-5)
Sarah Buxton (D, Winds.-Oran.-1)
Margaret Cheney (D, Winds.-Oran.-2)
Jim Masland (D, Winds.-Oran.-2)
Sandy Haas (P, Winds.-Rut.)

Persondata
Name	Smith, Shap
Alternative names	Smith, Shapleigh
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	December 16, 1965
Place of birth	Danbury, Connecticut
Date of death
Place of death

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