---
type: Person
title: "Christopher H. Smith"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - NJ-4 — Congressional District 4"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - NJ-4"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NJ"
district: "Congressional District 4"
represents: "us/states/nj/districts/04"
committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Foreign Affairs"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs"
  - name: "House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Africa"
    role: "chair"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs/subcommittees/africa"
  - name: "House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Western Hemisphere"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs/subcommittees/western-hemisphere"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
  person: "1c4cf2cd-c3a0-45f5-ad11-5b7414f52bf9"
  office: "3365736d-fa46-4755-8664-81f3faabfea4"
  tenure: "b67509d6-e8b6-4080-b464-feea30f59616"
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  bioguide: "S000522"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, nj]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Christopher H. Smith

Current U.S. House of Representatives - NJ-4 (Congressional District 4).

Represents [Congressional District 4](/us/states/nj/districts/04.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Foreign Affairs](/us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs.md)
- [House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Africa](/us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs/subcommittees/africa.md) — **chair**
- [House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Western Hemisphere](/us/bodies/house/committees/foreign-affairs/subcommittees/western-hemisphere.md)

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).