Art Schmidt

{{Short description|American politician (1927–2018)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Art Schmidt | image = | image_size = 180px | state_senate = Kentucky | district = 11th | term_start = January 1, 1984 | term_end = January 1, 1993 | predecessor = Jim Bunning | successor = Dick Roeding | office1 = Minority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives | term_start1 = January 8, 1980 | term_end1 = January 1, 1984 | predecessor1 = William Harold DeMarcus | successor1 = Richard Turner | state_house2 = Kentucky | district2 = 69th | term_start2 = January 1, 1968 | term_end2 = January 1, 1984 | predecessor2 = Bud Overman | successor2 = Jon Reinhardt | term_start3 = January 1, 1964 | term_end3 = January 1, 1966 | predecessor3 = Otto Ingram (redistricting) | successor3 = Bud Overman | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|5|1}} | birth_place = Cold Spring, Kentucky, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|9|2|1927|5|1}} | death_place = | party = Republican | occupation = | spouse = | children = | relations = | alma_mater = }} '''Arthur Louis Schmidt''' (May 1, 1927 - Sep 2, 2018) was an American politician in the state of Kentucky. He served in the Kentucky Senate and in the Kentucky House of Representatives. He was a member of the Republican party.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N2AaAQAAIAAJ&q=%22schmidt,+arthur%22+|title=Who's who in Government|date=February 8, 1977|publisher=Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated|isbn=9780837912035|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/24025 |title=2003OH183 Leg 064 | Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History |access-date=2015-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193814/http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/24025 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> First elected to the house in 1963, he was defeated for reelection in 1965 by Democrat Henry "Bud" Overman. Schmidt ran against Overman again in 1967, defeating him.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 10, 1983 |title=Close vote nothing for veteran legislator |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=B1}}</ref> Schmidt was elected to the senate in 1983 after incumbent Jim Bunning retired to run for governor. He did not seek reelection in 1992.

He died on Sep 2, 2018 at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nkytribune.com/2018/09/art-schmidt-nky-legendary-citizen-and-legislator-has-died-at-age-91-services-friday-in-cold-spring/|title=Art Schmidt, NKY legendary citizen and legislator, has died at age 91; services Friday in Cold Spring | NKyTribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/19/us/with-leaders-leaving-office-for-jail-kentucky-works-to-refurbish-image.html | title=With Leaders Leaving Office for Jail, Kentucky Works to Refurbish Image | newspaper=The New York Times | date=19 September 1993 | last1=Ayres | first1=B. Drummond Jr. }}</ref>

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