Mike Fitzpatrick

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Mike Fitzpatrick (2011)

Michael G. "Mike" Fitzpatrick (born June 28, 1963 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † January 6, 2020 in Levittown , Pennsylvania) was an American politician of the Republican Party . Between 2005 and 2007 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives , of which he was again since January 2011. Since he was no longer running in 2016, he resigned from Congress on January 3, 2017.

Career

Mike Fitzpatrick attended Bishop Egan High School in Fairless Hills and then studied until 1985 at St. Thomas University in Florida . After studying law at the Dickinson School of Law and being admitted to the bar in 1988, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1995 and 2004 he was a member of the Bucks County county council .

In the 2004 congressional election , Fitzpatrick was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eighth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded James C. Greenwood on January 3, 2005 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Patrick Murphy in 2006 , he was initially only able to complete one term in Congress until January 3, 2007 . At that time he was a member of the Finance Committee and the Committee on Small Business .

After his first tenure in the US House of Representatives ended, Fitzpatrick returned to practice as a lawyer. In the elections of 2010 he was re-elected to Congress in the eighth district of his state, where he replaced Murphy on January 3, 2011. His last term ended on January 3, 2017. He was a member of the Finance Committee and two of its sub-committees. In 2012 he was confirmed in his mandate with 57% against 43% of the vote against Kathy Boockvar and in 2014 he was re-elected. In 2016 he no longer ran. His brother Brian Fitzpatrick was elected to succeed him.

Mike Fitzpatrick died on January 6, 2020 of complications from a longstanding cancer. He was married and the father of six children.

Web links

Commons : Mike Fitzpatrick  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Justine McDaniel, Michaelle Bond: Mike Fitzpatrick, a former Republican congressman from the Philadelphia suburbs, has died at 56. In: The Philadelphia Inquirer . January 6, 2020, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Fitzpatrick, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fitzpatrick, Michael G. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 2020
Place of death Levittown , Pennsylvania