Daniel Schaefer | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromColorado's6th district | |
| In office March 29, 1983 – January 3, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Vacant Jack Swigert (elect) |
| Succeeded by | Tom Tancredo |
| Member of theColorado Senate | |
| In office January 9, 1979 – March 31, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Robert W. Smedley[1] |
| Succeeded by | Kathy S. Arnold |
| Constituency | 13th district(1979–1983) 22nd district (1983) |
| Member of theColorado House of Representatives from the 28th district | |
| In office January 1977 – January 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Laura Miller[2] |
| Succeeded by | Kathy S. Arnold |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 25, 1936 Guttenberg, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | April 16, 2006(2006-04-16) (aged 70) Wheat Ridge, Colorado, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Niagara University (BA) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 1955–1957 |
| Rank |  Sergeant |
Daniel Schaefer (January 25, 1936 – April 16, 2006) was an American politician who served as theU.S. representative forColorado's 6th congressional district from 1983 to 1999.
Born inGuttenberg, Iowa, he attended public schools. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree fromNiagara University. He also attendedPotsdam University from 1961 to 1964.[3]
Schaefer served in theUnited States Marine Corps from 1955 to 1957 and attained the rank of sergeant. He then worked as a public relations consultant.
In 1976, he was elected to a two-year term in theColorado 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 aRepublican to theNinety-eighth United States Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative-electJack Swigert, a former astronaut who died of cancer before he could take his seat in Congress.[4] Schaefer polled 49,816 votes (63 percent) in the special election to 27,779 ballots (35 percent) for the DemocratSteve 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 DemocratJoan Fitz-Gerald.[5]
Schaefer did not run for re-election to the106th United States Congress in 1998. He was succeeded by Republican CongressmanTom Tancredo.
Schaefer died of cancer at the age of 70.[6]
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