Dale Kildee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Donald Riegle
Succeeded by	Dan Kildee
Constituency	7th district (1977–1993) 9th district (1993–2003) 5th district (2003–2013)
Member of theMichigan Senate from the29th district
In office January 1975 – December 1976
Preceded by	Garland Lane
Succeeded by	Harold Scott
Member of theMichigan House of Representatives from the81st district
In office January 1965 – December 1974
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Mark Clodfelter
Personal details
Born	Dale Edward Kildee (1929-09-16)September 16, 1929 Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Died	October 13, 2021(2021-10-13) (aged 92) Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Gayle Kildee
Children	3
Relatives	Dan Kildee (nephew)
Education	Sacred Heart Major Seminary (BA) University of Detroit (GrCert) University of Peshawar University of Michigan (MA)
Dale Kildee's voice Dale Kildee criticizes spending cuts for public education Recorded June 30, 1995

Dale Edward Kildee (September 16, 1929 – October 13, 2021) was an American politician who served asU.S. Representative ofMichigan from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of theDemocratic Party.

His district includedFlint,Saginaw andBay City. In July 2011, Kildee announced he would retire after his term was up in2012.^[1] He was succeeded by his nephewDan Kildee.

Kildee was born inFlint, Michigan on September 16, 1929 to Timothy and Norma (Ullmer) Kildee.^[2][3][4] He was the fourth of five children. In his senior year of high school, he won theAmerican Legion Medal of Citizenship. In 1947, Kildee received his high school diploma from St. Mary's High School.^{[citation needed]}

He earned hisB.A. fromSacred Heart Seminary inDetroit, Michigan in 1952. He earned a teacher's certificate from theUniversity of Detroit in 1955. He did graduate work in history and political science at theUniversity of Peshawar inPakistan from 1958 to 1959 under aRotary Foundation Fellowship. He earned anM.A. from theUniversity of Michigan in 1961.^[3] He was a teacher at theUniversity of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy from 1954-56. Coming back in 1956 to Flint, Kildee taughtLatin until 1964.^{[citation needed]}

Kildee served as a member of theMichigan State House of Representatives81st district from 1965 to 1974. He then subsequently served as a member of theMichigan State Senate from 1975 to 1976.^[3]

In 1976, incumbent Democratic U.S. RepresentativeDonald Riegle resigned after being appointed to fill the vacant seat in theU.S. Senate caused by the death ofPhilip Hart. State Senator Kildee won the general election with 70% of the vote.^[5] He won re-election 17 times, each with at least 56% of the vote except in 1992, 1994, and 2010. In 1992, he defeated Megan O'Neill with 54% of the vote. He wonGenesee County with 74%, while he lost the district's other two counties:Oakland andLapeer.^[6] In the 1994 rematch, he defeated her with just 51% of the vote, the lowest winning percentage of his career.^[7] In 2010, he defeated Republican farmer and businessman John Kupiec^[8] with 53% of the vote. Kupiec wonTuscola County with 60%, while losing the district's other three counties. Kildee wonBay (49%),Saginaw (61%), andGenesee Counties (55%).^[9]

In 1997, Kildee founded the House'sNative American Caucus to advocate Native American issues. In 2010, Kildee revealed that he would be voting for the Senate version of theHealth Care reform bill without theStupak Amendment language restricting federal abortion funding.^[10] In addition, reports surfaced that he attempted to convinceanti-abortion Democrats in the Stupak coalition to vote for the bill.^[11]

He was a senior member of theHouse Committee on Education and the Workforce and served as ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Education Reform and a member of the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. He was also a member of theHouse Committee on Resources, where he sat on the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. From 1993 on, he served as co-chair of the Congressional Automotive Caucus. From 1997 on, he served as co-chair of the Native American Caucus.^[12]

He met his future wife Gayle, a French teacher, while teaching at Central High School. They married in 1965 and had three children, Paul, Laura, and David.^[2] Both sons became army captains; their daughter became a commercial property manager.^[2]

In November 2011, Patrick Kildee, a second cousin of the congressman, accused Kildee of sexually abusing him more than 50 years previously when he was 12 years old. In response Kildee called the allegation untrue.^[13]

Kildee died on October 13, 2021, inArlington, Virginia, at the age of 92.^[14]

Kildee was aRoman Catholic.^[15]

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