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John Paul Hammerschmidt (view source)
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After his military service, Hammerschmidt attended Oklahoma A&M College, but he left to take over the family lumber business in Harrison, the Hammerschmidt Lumber Co., due to an illness in his family.<ref name="CONGbio"/><ref name="AKencyc"/> He married his wife on October 11, 1948.<ref name="AKencyc"/>
After his military service, Hammerschmidt attended Oklahoma A&M College, but he left to take over the family lumber business in Harrison, the Hammerschmidt Lumber Co., due to an illness in his family.<ref name="CONGbio"/><ref name="AKencyc"/> He married his wife on October 11, 1948.<ref name="AKencyc"/>
Hammerschmidt came from a Democrat family, but he started attending Republican meetings "because the local Democratic Party was a closed group".<ref>Lauer, Claudia (April 3, 2015). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-paul-hammerschmidt-arkansas-congressman-dies-at-92/2015/04/03/2575c30e-da23-11e4-ba28-f2a685dc7f89_story.html John Paul Hammerschmidt, Arkansas congressman, dies at 92]. ''The Washinton Post''. Retrieved November 4, 2016.</ref> He served as a Harrison city councilman from 1948-54 and 1961-62.<ref name="AKencyc"/> He also served as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party from 1964-66.<ref name="CONGbio"/> Hammerschmidt was very active in the Republican Party, serving as a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984.<ref name="CONGbio"/>
Hammerschmidt came from a Democrat family, but he started attending Republican meetings "because the local Democratic Party was a closed group".<ref name="WaPo">Lauer, Claudia (April 3, 2015). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-paul-hammerschmidt-arkansas-congressman-dies-at-92/2015/04/03/2575c30e-da23-11e4-ba28-f2a685dc7f89_story.html John Paul Hammerschmidt, Arkansas congressman, dies at 92]. ''The Washinton Post''. Retrieved November 4, 2016.</ref> He served as a Harrison city councilman from 1948-54 and 1961-62.<ref name="AKencyc"/> He also served as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party from 1964-66.<ref name="CONGbio"/> Hammerschmidt was very active in the Republican Party, serving as a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984.<ref name="CONGbio"/>
==U.S. House of Representatives==
==U.S. House of Representatives==
Hammerschmidt served until 1993, when he declined to run for re-election.<ref name="CONGbio"/>
Hammerschmidt served until 1993, when he declined to run for re-election.<ref name="CONGbio"/>
==Post-congressional career==
Hammerschmidt earned a B.S. from Canbourne University, in London, England, in 1993 and M.A. from the same university in 1997.<ref name="CONGbio"/> Among the numerous organizations that he served on after his tenure in Congress was the board of trustees of Arkansas State University from 1999-2004.<ref name="AKencyc"/> He served again as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party from 2002-04.<ref name="WaPo"/>
==Personal life==
Hammerschmidt married his wife, Virginia “Ginny” Ann Sharp, on October 11, 1948, and they remained married for 58 years, until she died on January 2, 2006.<ref name="AKencyc"/> They had one son.<ref name="AKencyc"/>
Hammerschmidt died on April 1, 2015 in Springdale, Arkansas.<ref name="AKencyc"/> When he was first elected in 1966, no other Republican had been elected to a statewide office in Arkansas since reconstruction, but less than fifty years later when he died, the Republican Party held every statewide office in the state and held majorities in the state legislature.<ref>Brantley, Max (November 4, 2014). [http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/11/04/arkansass-new-day-a-historic-republican-victory Arkansas's new day; a historic Republican victory]. ''Arkansas Times''. Retrieved November 4, 2016.</ref>
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