# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-schmidt
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:35:09.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-schmidt"
name: "Derek Schmidt"
slug: "derek-schmidt"
description: "Derek Larkin Schmidt is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district since 2025. He previously served as the Kansas Attorney General from 2011 to 2023. A Republican, Schmidt was first elected to office serving in the Kansas Senate, where he represented the 15th district from 2001 to 2011, and served as Agriculture Committee chairman and Senate majority leader. Schmidt became the state attorney general in 2011, after he defeated incumbent Democrat Stephen Six."
tagline: "American politician (born 1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schmidt_Derek_119th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1968-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 215
totalFollowers: 69
platforms:
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    handle:    "RepDerekSchmidt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump