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{{Short description|American politician (1936–2006)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Daniel Schafer (disambiguation)}}
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▲{{Infobox Congressman
|name= Daniel Schaefer
|image name = danschaefer.jpg
|birth_date = January 25, 1936
|birth_place= [[Guttenberg, Iowa]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2006|4|16|1936|1|25}}
|death_place= [[Wheat Ridge, Colorado]], U.S.
|statestate1 = [[Colorado]]
|districtdistrict1 = [[Colorado's 6th congressional district|6th]]
|term_startterm_start1 =March 29, 1983
|term_endterm_end1 =January 3, 1999
|precededpreceded1 = ''Vacant''<br>[[Jack Swigert]] (elect)
|succeededsucceeded1 = [[Tom Tancredo]]
|office2 = Member of the [[Colorado Senate]]
|term_start2 = January 9, 1979
|term_end2 = March 31, 1983
|predecessor2 = Robert W. Smedley<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=870581|title = Our Campaigns - CO Senate 13 Race - Nov 07, 1978}}</ref>
|successor2 = Kathy S. Arnold
|constituency2 = [[Colorado's 13th Senate district|13th district]] {{nowrap|(1979–1983)}}<br>[[Colorado's 22nd Senate district|22nd district]] (1983)
|state_house4 = Colorado
|district4 = 28th
|term_start4 = January 1977
|term_end4 = January 1979
|preceded4 = Laura Miller<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=868633|title = Our Campaigns - CO State House 28 Race - Nov 02, 1976}}</ref>
|succeeded4 = Kathy S. Arnold
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse =
|education =[[Niagara University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
|alma_mater =
|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
|religion =
|branch = {{Flag|United States Marine Corps}}
|serviceyears = 1955–1957
|rank = [[File:USMC-E5.svg|20px]] [[Sergeant (United States)|Sergeant]]
}}
'''Daniel "Dan" Schaefer''' (January 25, 1936 – April 16, 2006) was aan [[RepublicanAmerican Partypolitician (Unitedwho States)|Republican]]served as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representativerepresentative]] fromfor [[Colorado's 6th congressional district]] from 1983 to 1999. He represented a suburban district that stretched from [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] to the southwest.
 
== Early life and education ==
Born in [[Guttenberg, Iowa|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 [[State University of New York at Potsdam|Potsdam University]], [[Potsdam (village), New York|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.
Born in [[Guttenberg, Iowa]], he attended public schools. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Niagara University]]. He also attended [[State University of New York at Potsdam|Potsdam University]] from 1961 to 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SCHAEFER, Daniel {{!}} US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/S/SCHAEFER,-Daniel-(S000109)/|access-date=2020-12-30|website=history.house.gov|language=en}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
Schaefer served in the [[United 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 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 Party (United States)|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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Barone (pundit) |last2=Ujifusa |first2=Grant |title=[[The Almanac of American Politics|The Almanac of American Politics 1988]]|work=[[National Journal]] |year=1987 |page=199}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=s000109|access-date=2020-12-30|website=bioguideretro.congress.gov}}</ref>
 
Schaefer did not run for reelectionre-election to the [[106th United States Congress]] in 1998. SchaeferHe was succeeded by Republican Congressman [[Tom Tancredo]], a fellow Republican and noted critic of [[free migration|open immigration]]. Former [[White House Press Secretary]] [[Dana Perino]] served as Schaefer's press secretary for a number of years.
 
== Death ==
He died at the age of 70 in [[Wheat Ridge, Colorado]].
Schaefer died of cancer at the age of 70.<ref>[https://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr/19/local/me-passings19.2 Dan Schaefer, 70; Former Congressman Represented Colorado]</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography|Politics}}
{{CongLinks |congbio=S000109}} Retrieved on 2008-07-08
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|district=6
|before='''New constituency'''{{efn|[[Jack Swigert]] was voted in the 1982 general election, but died before the beginning of the Congressional term.}}
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|years=March 29, 1983 – January 3, 1999
|after=[[Tom Tancredo]]
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|NAME= Schaefer, Daniel
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|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Dan Schaefer
 
|SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Congressman
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|DATE OF BIRTH= January 25, 1936
 
|PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Guttenberg, Iowa]]
|DATE OF DEATH= April 16, 2006
|PLACE OF DEATH= [[Wheat Ridge, Colorado]]
}}
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[[Category:United States Marines]]
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[[Category:Niagara University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Clayton CountyGuttenberg, Iowa]]
[[Category:CancerDeaths deathsfrom cancer in Colorado]]
[[Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado]]
[[Category:20th-century American legislators]]
[[Category:20th-century Colorado politicians]]
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