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; Agric. & Natural Resources Advisor, Gov.'s Office, 1987-1989; S.C. Div. Comdr. Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1998-00; Laurens Co. Cattlemen's Assn.; Hickory Tavern Young Farmers, Mountville Grange; Joanna Lions Club; Legislator of the Year, S.C. Farm Bureau, 2006; Legislator of the Year, S.C. Veterinarians Assn., 2007; 2008 Legislator of the Year, Palmetto Cycling Coalition; 2007-08 Sen. Legis. Champion, Palmetto Family Council; 2008 S.C. Quality of Life Award, S.C. Realtors Assn.; 2009 Majority Whip for Sen. Rep. Caucus; Faith Free Presbyterian Church; prev. serv. in Sen. 2001-08.

Biography current as of June 19, 2009