Derek Schmidt's Biography
- U.S. House (KS) - District 2, Republican
Contact Information
Office
402 North Broadway Street
Suite B
Pittsburg, KS 66762
3550 Southwest 5th Street
Suite B
Topeka, KS 66606
1223 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Full Name:
Derek Schmidt
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Jennifer; 2 Children
Birth Date:
01/23/1968
Birth Place:
lndependence, KS
Home City:
Independence, KS
Religion:
Lutheran
Attended, Independence Community College
BS, Journalism, University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Graduated, Doctoral Law Studies, University of Kansas School of Law
JD, Georgetown University
MA, International Politics, University of Leicester, England
Representative, United States House of Representatives, Kansas, District 2, 2025-present
Candidate, United States House of Representative - Kansas, District 2, 2024
Attorney General, State of Kansas, 2010-2023
Candidate, Governor of Kansas, 2022
Senator, Kansas State Senate, 2001-2010
Majority Leader, Kansas State Senate, 2005-2010
Member, Armed Services Committee
Member, Committee on Small Business
Member, Committee on the Judiciary
Member, Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
Member, Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
Member, Subcommittee on Military Personnel
Member, Subcommittee on Oversight (Judiciary)
Member, Subcommittee on Readiness
Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
Member, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
Member, Subcommittee on The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
Former Chair, Agriculture Committee, Kansas State Senate
Former Vice-Chair, Judiciary Committee, Kansas State Senate
Partner, Husch Blackwell, 2023-present
Former Special Counsel, Governor Bill Graves
Former Assistant Attorney General, Kansas Consumer Protection Division
Legislative Director/General Counsel, United States Senator Chuck Hagel
Former Legislative Assistant, United States Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum
Member, Advisory Council, Kansas Geological Survey
Member, Board of Directors, Kansas Legal Services for Prisoners Incorporated
Member, Community Advisory Committee, Public Television Station KTWU
Trustee, Eastern Kansas Branch of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Member, Independence Chamber of Commerce
Director, Independence Industries Incorporated
Director, Kansas State Historical Society
Trustee, Leadership Kansas
Member, Rotary Club of Independence
President, National Association of Attorneys General, 2017-2018
Favorite Quote:
"What is it, in a few words, that all Republicans believe? We believe - along with millions of Democrats and Independents - that a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." -
President Gerald Ford
"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." - Albert Einstein