Charlie Dent
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| Chairman of the House Ethics Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Conaway |
| Succeeded by | Susan Brooks |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Pat Toomey |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 16th district |
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In office January 5, 1999 – November 30, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Roy Afflerbach |
| Succeeded by | Pat Browne |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 132nd district |
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In office January 1, 1991 – November 25, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | John Pressman |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer Mann |
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Charles Wieder Dent May 24, 1960 Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Pamela Serfass |
| Children | 3 |
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Pennsylvania State University, University Park (BA) Lehigh University (MPA) |
| Website | House website |
Charles Wieder "Charlie" Dent (born May 24, 1960) is the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Dent was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of Marjorie L. (née Wieder) and Walter R. Dent. He is of German, English, and Irish descent. Dent is a 1978 graduate of Allentown's William Allen High School. He received a bachelor's in International Politics from Pennsylvania State University in 1982 and a masters in Public Administration from Lehigh University in 1993. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psi and previously worked as a development officer for Lehigh University, an industrial electronics salesman, a hotel clerk, and an aide to U.S. Representative Donald L. Ritter.
Before being elected to the United States Congress, Dent was a member of the State Legislature for 14 years. He represented Pennsylvania's 132nd house district from 1991-99 after unseating Democratic incumbent Jack Pressman in a heavily Democratic district in 1990.
In 1998, Dent won an open 16th District Senate seat when Democrat Roy Afflerbach (who later served as Mayor of Allentown from 2002–06) retired to take up an ultimately unsuccessful bid for Congress.
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