J. D. Sheffield | |
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Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 59th district |
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Assumed office January 8, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Sid Miller |
Personal details | |
Born |
Loraine, Texas, U.S. |
August 13, 1960
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Regina "Gina" Sheffield |
Residence | Gatesville, Texas |
Alma mater |
Western Texas College Howard Payne University Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine |
Occupation | Director of Coryell Medical Clinic |
Religion | Non-denominational Christian |
Jesse David Sheffield, II, known as J. D. Sheffield (born August 13, 1960) is a physician and clinic medical director from Gatesville, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. His District 59 seat encompasses Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba, Somervell in Central Texas.
Sheffield was born in Loraine in Mitchell County in West Texas. He attended Western Texas College, a community college in Snyder in Scurry County, where he played in a jazz band. Thereafter, he graduated from Howard Payne University, a Southern Baptist-affiliated institution in Brownwood. He subsequently procured a Doctor of Osteopathic medical degree from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. He did his medical residency in Pueblo, Colorado. He is a former physician at the Scott & White Memorial Hospital clinic in Gatesville. He is a current board member and former chief of staff of Coryell Memorial Hospital in Gatesville. He is currently the medical director and physician at Coryell Medical Clinic in Gatesville.