Dale Kildee | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Jim Barcia |
Succeeded by | Dan Kildee |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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Preceded by | Guy Vander Jagt |
Succeeded by | Joe Knollenberg |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 7th district |
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In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993 |
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Preceded by | Donald Riegle |
Succeeded by | Nick Smith |
Member of the Michigan Senate from the 29th district |
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In office January 1975 – December 1976 |
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Preceded by | Garland B. Lane |
Succeeded by | Harold J. Scott |
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 81st district |
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In office January 1965 – December 1974 |
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Succeeded by | Mark Clodfelter |
Personal details | |
Born |
Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
September 16, 1929
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Gayle Kildee |
Children | Paul Laura David |
Residence | Flint, Michigan |
Alma mater |
Sacred Heart Seminary University of Michigan |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Teacher |
Committees | House Committee on Education (senior) Early Childhood Committee subcommittee on Native American and Alaska Native Affairs |
Dale Edward Kildee (born September 16, 1929) is a retired U.S. Representative from Michigan, serving from 1977 until 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
His district included Flint, Saginaw and Bay City. In July 2011, Kildee announced he would retire after his current term was up in 2012. He was succeeded by his nephew Dan Kildee.
Kildee was born in Flint, Michigan on September 16, 1929 to Timothy and Norma Kildee. He was the fourth of five children. In his senior year of high school, he won the American Legion Medal of Citizenship. In 1947, Kildee received his high school diploma from St. Mary's High School.
He earned his B.A. from Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Michigan in 1952. He earned a teacher's certificate from the University of Detroit in 1955. He did graduate work in history and political science at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan from 1958 to 1959 under a Rotary Foundation Fellowship. He earned an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1961. He was a teacher at the Detroit Jesuit High School from 1954-56. Coming back in 1956 to Flint, Dale taught Latin until 1964.