Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 13th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Lynn Rivers |
| Succeeded by | Hansen Clarke |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 15th district |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara-Rose Collins |
| Succeeded by | John Dingell |
| Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 9th district 18th District (1979-1982) 8th District (1983-1992) |
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In office January 1, 1979 – December 31, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Jackie Vaughn III |
| Succeeded by | Kwame Kilpatrick |
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Carolyn Jean Cheeks June 25, 1945 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Bernard Kilpatrick |
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Kwame Ayanna |
| Alma mater |
Ferris State University Western Michigan University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| Religion | African Methodist Episcopalianism |
Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick (born June 25, 1945) is an American politician who was U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district from 1997 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election. She was replaced by Hansen Clarke in January 2011.
The 13th district, which is entirely contained within Wayne County, runs along the Detroit River (which is also the Canada–US border) from the northern county line to the southern line; it includes Grosse Pointe, half of Detroit, and portions of Downriver. Kilpatrick is also the mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Born Carolyn Jean Cheeks in Detroit, Michigan, she graduated from the Detroit High School of Commerce. She then attended Ferris State University in Big Rapids from 1968 to 1970 and received a B.S. from Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) in 1972. She earned a M.S. from the University of Michigan in 1977. She worked as a high school teacher and was later a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1979 to 1996.
She was one of the 31 who voted in the House to not count the electoral votes from Ohio in the United States presidential election, 2004.
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