Committee Assignments:

  Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chm.
  Finance
  Fish, Game and Forestry
  Invitations
  Medical Affairs
  Transportation

Occupation: Owner, Verdin's Farm & Garden Center

Biography:VERDIN, Daniel Byron III [R]--(Dist. No. 9, Greenville-Laurens Cos.)--Owner, Verdin's Farm & Garden Center; residing in Laurens; b. May 9, 1964 at England Air Force Base in Alexandria, La.; s. Daniel B. Verdin, Jr. and Eloise Watts Verdin; g. Bob Jones Univ., B.A., 1986; Sept. 26, 1987 m. Kimberlee Diane Owens, 4 children, Annemarie, Daniel, Whitson, and Caroline; Agriculture & Natural Resources Advisor, Gov.'s Office, 1987-1989; Chair, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, 2007-2010. Majority Whip for Senate Republican Caucus 2009; Div. Comdr. Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1998-00; Laurens Co. Cattlemen's Association; Hickory Tavern Young Farmers, Mountville Grange; Joanna Lions Club; 2006 Friend of SCAV, SC Association of Veterinarians; Legislator of the Year, S.C. Farm Bureau, 2006; Legislator of the Year, S.C. Veterinarians Assn., 2007; Legislator of the Year, Palmetto Cycling Coalition 2008; Senate Legislative Champion, Palmetto Family Council 2007-2008; SC Quality of Life Award, SC Realtors Association 2008; Friend of the Taxpayer Award 2008, SC Taxpayers Association; Honorary State FFA Degree 2009; John W. Parris Agricultural Leadership Award 2009, by the SC Agricultural Educators Association; 2009 Advocate of the Year, SC Advocates for Agriculture; Honorary Chair for the 2009 State 4-H Congress; and selected as the 2009 Legislator of the Year by the SC Poultry Federation. Member, Faith Free Presbyterian Church; previously served in the Senate 2001-2009.

Biography current as of   January 20, 2010