| Owner, Verdin's Farm & Garden Center
Residing in Laurens
Born May 9, 1964 at England Air Force Base in Alexandria, Louisiana
Son of Daniel B. Verdin, Jr. and Eloise Watts Verdin
Bob Jones University, B.A., 1986
September 26, 1987 married Kimberlee Diane Owens, 4 children, Annemarie, Daniel, Whitson, and Caroline
Agriculture and Natural Resources Advisor, Governor's Office, 1987-1989
Chairman, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2007-2018
Chairman, Medical Affairs Committee, 2018-
Majority Whip for Senate Republican Caucus, 2011-13
Division Commander Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1998-00
Laurens County Cattlemen's Association
Hickory Tavern Young Farmers, Mountville Grange
Joanna Lions Club
2006 Friend of SCAV, South Carolina Association of Veterinarians
Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Farm Bureau, 2006
Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Veterinarians Association, 2007
Legislator of the Year, Palmetto Cycling Coalition 2008
Senate Legislative Champion, Palmetto Family Council 2007-2008
South Carolina Quality of Life Award, South Carolina Realtors Association 2008
Friend of the Taxpayer Award 2008, South Carolina Taxpayers Association
Honorary State FFA Degree, 2009
John W. Parris Agricultural Leadership Award 2009, by the South Carolina Agricultural Educators Association
2009 Advocate of the Year, South Carolina Advocates for Agriculture
Honorary Chair for the 2009 State 4-H Congress
2009 Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Poultry Federation
2010 Business Advocate Award, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
2010 Senator of the Year, South Carolina Human Service Providers
Member, Historical Pendleton Farmers Society
Hickory Tavern Young Farmers
2010 Honorary American FFA Degree
2012 BIPEC Sword and Mace Award
2012 Business Advocate Award, South Carolina Chamber
2012 Friend of the Taxpayer Award, South Carolina Taxpayers Association
Old District 96 Commission's 2012 Legislator of the Year Award
Senate Legislative Champion, Palmetto Family Council 2011-2012
2013 Business Advocate Award, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Member, Green School Caucus
Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, 2014
South Carolina Association for Career and Technical Education (SCACTE) 2016 Advocate of the Year
2018 South Carolina Green Industry Association Legislator of the Year
Bob Jones University Honored Alumnus Award, 2022
Donate Life Legislator of the Year
Member, Faith Free Presbyterian Church
Previously served in the Senate 2001-2022 |