{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Derrick Seaver | image = | state_house = Ohio | state = Ohio | district = 78th | preceded = Jim Jordan | succeeded = John Adams | birth_name = Derrick Charles Seaver | birth_place = Oxford, Ohio, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|02|6}} | term_start = January 3, 2001 | term_end = December 31, 2006 | party = Republican (2004–present) | other_party = Democratic (until 2004) | alma_mater = Wright State University (BA, MA) }}
'''Derrick Seaver''' (born February 6, 1982) is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 78th District from 2001 to 2006.
==Early life and education== Derrick Charles Seaver was born on February 6, 1982, in Oxford, Ohio, to Charles Seaver and Kimberly (Winner) Seaver of Minster, Ohio. Seaver is the eldest of three children. He graduated from Minster High School in 2000. Seaver received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government and a master's degree in International and Comparative Politics, both from Wright State University.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
== Career == Elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2000 as a Democrat, the election was notable because Seaver was an 18-year-old recent high school graduate.<ref>{{cite web|date=May 15, 2014|title=Meet The High School Student Who Took Down A State Lawmaker|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/05/15/312494574/meet-the-high-school-student-who-beat-a-state-lawmaker|accessdate=June 5, 2016|publisher=NPR}}</ref>
Seaver switched parties to the Republican Party in 2004.<ref name="Party swap: Pro-CCW representative feels more at home in among GOP Caucus">{{cite web |url=https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/party-swap-pro-ccw-representative-feels-more-home-among-gop-caucus |accessdate=10 November 2020|title=Party swap: Pro-CCW representative feels more at home in among GOP Caucus | Buckeye Firearms Association}}</ref>
Following his tenure in the Ohio House of Representatives, Seaver has worked as a public policy and political consultant. In 2013, he relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area to serve as the Executive Vice President for the Silicon Valley Organization, which he later renamed the San Jose Chamber of Commerce while serving as its president. He later served as the Director of Policy and Operations for the San Jose Downtown Association, and currently serves as Chief of Staff to Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
He now works as a math teacher and football coach at Berean Christian High School in Walnut Creek, California.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100203140003/http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=78 John Adams, Minority Whip – Ohio House of Representatives]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seaver, Derrick}} Category:Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Category:21st-century members of the Ohio General Assembly Category:People from Auglaize County, Ohio Category:Living people Category:Wright State University alumni Category:1982 births
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