Dan Schaefer

A Representative from Colorado. Born in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa, January 25, 1936. Attended public schools. B. A. , Niagara University, Niagara Falls, N. Y. , 1961. Attended the Potsdam University, Potsdam, N. Y. , 1961-1964. Served in the United States Marine Corps, sergeant, 1955-1957. Public relations consultant. Elected to the Colorado general assembly, 1977-1978. Colorado senate, 1979-1983. Delegate, Colorado State Republican conventions, 1972-1982. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative-elect John L. Swigert, and reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 29, 1983-January 3, 1999). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998. Died on April 16, 2006, in Wheat Ridge, Colo.