John Paul Hammerschmidt
U.S. Congressperson
1922 –
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Who is John Paul Hammerschmidt?
John Paul Hammerschmidt is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served for 13 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the northwestern Arkansas district before he retired in 1993. In 1974, a nationally Democratic year, he secured his fifth term by defeating the then 28-year-old future President Bill Clinton, the first of two to do so. He was also the first Republican elected to the House of Representatives from Arkansas since Reconstruction.
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- Born
- May 4, 1922
Harrison - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
- The Citadel
- Lived in
- Arkansas
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on July 23, 2013
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