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|branch = 20px United States Army Air Corps 20px United States Air Force Reserve District of Columbia Army Reserves |serviceyears = 1942-1945 (Army Air Corps) 1945-1960 (Reserves) 1977-1981 (Army Reserves) |rank = |battles = World War II (South-East Asian theatre) |mawards = 23px Distinguished Flying Cross with three Oak leaf clusters }} John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was 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. He was also the first Republican elected to the House of Representatives from Arkansas since Reconstruction. ==Early life and business career== Hammerschmidt was born in Harrison, the seat of Boone County in northwestern Arkansas. He is the son of Junie Mildred (Taylor) and Arthur Paul Hammerschmidt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Paul Hammerschmidt (1922â) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Official Congressional Directory )〕 Both sets of grandparents migrated to Boone County in the early years of the twentieth century and were of German descent.〔() "John Paul Hammerschmidt was born on May 4, 1922, in Harrison to Arthur Paul and Junie M. Hammerschmidt. Hammerschmidt was the fourth of five children. Both sets of grandparents migrated to Boone County in the early years of the twentieth century and were of German descent."〕 He graduated in 1938 from Harrison High School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Paul Hammerschmidt )〕 He attended The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina from 1938 to 1939〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Paul Hammerschmidt Dies at 92 )〕 and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville from 1940 to 1941.〔 Hammerschmidt served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. In 1942, he joined the 3rd Combat Cargo Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps and served in the China-Burma-India theater until the end of the war in 1945. Hammerschmidt received the Distinguished Flying Cross with three oak leaf clusters for his service in the war.〔 Out of respect for his fellow service members, as well as his own humble nature with regards to his own service during the war, Hammerschmidt never capitalized on his service record during his following political career. Hammerschmidt returned to the United States and attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, from 1945 to 1946, having received a bachelor of science degree.〔 He then entered the lumber industry, founding the Hammerschmidt Lumber Company and becoming its president. Hammerschmidt also was president of the Construction Products Company and the president of the Arkansas Lumber Dealers Association and Southwestern Lumberman's Association.〔 Hammerschmidt continued his military service in the United States Air Force Reserves from 1945 to 1960, and later in the District of Columbia Army Reserves from 1977 to 1981.〔("HAMMERSCHMIDT, John Paul" ). ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Retrieved April 15, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Paul Hammerschmidt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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