Representative Paul "Skip" Stam | |
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| Speaker pro tempore of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2017 | |
| Leader | Thom Tillis Tim Moore |
| Preceded by | Dale Folwell |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Stevens |
| Majority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2013 | |
| Leader | Thom Tillis |
| Preceded by | Hugh Holliman |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Starnes |
| Minority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Kiser |
| Succeeded by | Joe Hackney |
| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Linda Hunt Williams |
| Constituency | 37th District |
| In office January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1991 | |
| Preceded by | William M. Freeman |
| Succeeded by | Larry M. Jordan |
| Constituency | 62nd District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1950 Princeton, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Dottie |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Apex, North Carolina |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University (BS) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (JD) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Paul B. "Skip" Stam Jr. (born September 5, 1950) was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 37th House district, including constituents in Wake County. An attorney from Apex, North Carolina, Stam was elected to his seventh (non-consecutive) term in the state House of Representatives in 2012. He was first elected in 1988, but was defeated for re-election in 1990. He ran unsuccessfully for the state Senate and for the North Carolina Court of Appeals (in 1998 and 2000) before being elected to the House again in 2002.[1][2][3]