{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = | name = Paul Schmid | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1943}}<ref name="sct2010">{{cite news|title=Schmid wins big in Westport, prevails in 8th Bristol District|last1=Fraga|first1=Brian|url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20100915/News/9150351|access-date=December 29, 2016|publisher=Gatehouse Media|date=September 15, 2010}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Businessman, farmer | party = Democrat | spouse = Christine | children = 1 son, 1 daughter<ref name="paulschmid">{{cite web|title=About Me|url=http://reppaulschmid.com/about.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230053125/http://www.reppaulschmid.com/about.php|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 30, 2012|website=State Representative Paul Schmid|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> | alma_mater = Harvard College<br>Harvard University | title = Member of the<br>Massachusetts House of Representatives<br>from the 8th Bristol district | term_start = January 5, 2011 | term_end = January 1, 2025 | predecessor = Michael Rodrigues | successor = Steven Ouellette }}
'''Paul A. Schmid III''' has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 8th Bristol district since 2011. In the 189th session (2015–2016), he assumed a leadership position as the Chairperson, Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, a committee he joined in 2011.
He was previously a member of the board of selectmen in the town of Westport from 2009 to 2011.<ref name="maleg">{{cite web|title=Massachusetts Legislature profile: Representative Paul A. Schmid III|url=http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Profile/PAS1|publisher=The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> Prior to that, he served on the finance committee for five years, serving as chair for three years.
His family operates River Rock Farm in South Westport, which raises grass-fed Angus beef cattle. The farm has been certified organic for four years.<ref name="paulschmid"/>
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps with the rank of sergeant.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moss|first1=John|title=Jacome kicks off campaign for state rep|url=http://westport.wickedlocal.com/x1664798669/Jacome-kicks-off-campaign-for-state-rep?start=2|access-date=December 29, 2016|publisher=GateHouse News|date=April 8, 2010}}</ref>
==See also== * 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature * 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
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