Hansen Clarke
| Hansen Clarke | |
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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, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Carolyn Kilpatrick |
| Succeeded by | John Conyers |
| Member of the Michigan Senate from the 1st district |
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In office January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ray Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Coleman Young |
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March 2, 1957 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Cornell University Georgetown University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Hansen Clarke (born March 2, 1957) is an American politician and former U.S. Congressman and Representative-elect in the 14th Congressional District of Michigan. A Democrat, he was the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district from 2011 to 2013. Prior to his election to Congress, he had been a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1991 through 1992 and from 1999 through 2002, and had represented the 1st District in the Michigan Senate from 2003 to 2011. Clarke was also the first U.S. Congressman of Bangladeshi descent.
Clarke entered Congress after defeating incumbent Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick in the 2010 Democratic primary for the 13th congressional district. In 2012, due to redistricting, fellow incumbent Gary Peters chose to run against Clarke in the 14th congressional district primary. Clarke finished second in the primary behind Peters, and left Congress in January 2013.
In April 2014, Clarke announced he would again run in the 14th District primary, for the seat to be vacated by Peters, who ran successfully for the U.S. Senate.
Clarke was born in Detroit, Michigan to father Mozaffar Ali Hashim, who was an immigrant from Beanibazar, Bangladesh, and to an African-American mother. He grew up in the city's Lower East Side. Clarke's father died when he was eight years old and his mother worked as a crossing guard to support her family. Although Clarke lost his father in childhood, he says that he was greatly influenced by his father and that he strongly identifies with Bangladeshi culture. Clarke is an alumnus of Cass Technical High School, and later graduated from The Governor's Academy, a Massachusetts boarding school.
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