Daniel Schaefer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Daniel Schaefer

United States Marine

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1936

Place of Birth: Guttenberg, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 16-Apr-2006

Profession: politician, consultant

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Daniel Schaefer

  • Daniel "Dan" Schaefer (January 25, 1936 – April 16, 2006) was a Republican U.S.
  • Representative from Colorado from 1983 to 1999.
  • He represented a suburban district that stretched from Denver to the southwest. Born in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa, he attended public schools.
  • He received his B.A.
  • degree from Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York, in 1961.
  • He also attended Potsdam University, Potsdam, New York, from 1961 to 1964.
  • He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1955 to 1957 and attained the rank of sergeant.
  • He was a public relations consultant. In 1976, he was elected to a two-year term in the Colorado General Assembly.
  • Two years later, he was elected to the Colorado State Senate, where he served from 1979 to 1983.
  • He was a delegate to Colorado State Republican conventions between 1972 and 1982. Schaefer was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth United States Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative-elect Jack Swigert, a former astronaut who died of cancer before he could take his seat in Congress.
  • Schaefer polled 49,816 votes (63 percent) in the special election to 27,779 ballots (35 percent) for the Democrat Steve Hogan.
  • No Democrat challenged Schaefer in 1984.
  • In successive elections from 1986 to 1996, he polled more than 60 percent of the vote against each of his Democratic opponents.
  • In his last race in 1996, he received 146,018 votes (62 percent) to 88,600 ballots (38 percent) for the Democrat Joan Fitz-Gerald. Schaefer did not run for reelection to the 106th United States Congress in 1998.
  • Schaefer was succeeded by Congressman Tom Tancredo, a fellow Republican and noted critic of open immigration. Schaefer died of cancer at the age of 70.

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