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Marcy Kaptur

Marcy Kaptur
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 9th district
Assumed office
January 3, 1983
Preceded by Ed Weber
Personal details
Born Marcia Carolyn Kaptur
(1946-06-17) June 17, 1946 (age 70)
Toledo, Ohio
Political party Democratic
Residence Toledo, Ohio
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison (B.A.),
University of Michigan (M.U.P.),
University of Manchester,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation Urban planner
Religion Roman Catholicism

Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur /ˈkæptər/ (born June 17, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district, who has served since 1983. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from Kaptur's hometown of Toledo to Cleveland. It includes all of Ottawa and Erie counties, and parts of Lucas, Lorain and Cuyahoga counties.

Serving her eighteenth term in the House of Representatives, Kaptur is the dean of Ohio's congressional delegation, the longest-serving woman in the House and the second longest-serving ever after Edith Rogers. In Congress, she is tied for the second longest-serving woman with Senator Barbara Boxer, behind Senator Barbara Mikulski. She ranks 7th out of 435 members in seniority and serves on the powerful House Appropriations Committee.

Kaptur was born on June 17, 1946 in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Anastasia Delores (née Rogowski) and Stephen Jacob Kaptur, both Polish Americans. Her mother was an automobile union organizer and her family operated a small grocery. Kaptur started volunteering with the Ohio Democratic Party when she was 13.


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