Orville Smidt

{{short description|American politician}}

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|name = Orville Smidt

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|state_senate=South Dakota

|district = 7th

|term_start=2005

|term_end=2009

|state_house2=South Dakota

|district2 = 7th

|term_start2=1997

|term_end2=2005

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|6|7}}

|birth_place =Brookings, South Dakota

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|death_place =

|party = Republican

|spouse =Charlotte

|profession=businessman, retired military officer

|residence=Brookings, South Dakota

|children =two

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Orville B. Smidt (born June 7, 1943) is an American former politician. He served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005 and in the Senate from 2005 to 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sdlegislature.gov/legislators/historical_listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=3125|title = South Dakota Legislature}}{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/11199/orville-smidt|title=The Voter's Self Defense System}}