John Kline Republican - MN

KLINE, John, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa., September 6, 1947; B.A., Rice University, Houston, Tex., 1969; M.P.A., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg, Pa., 1988; United States Marine Corps, 1969-1994; leadership consultant; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998 and to the One Hundred Seventh Congress in 2000; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-January 3, 2017); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress in 2016; chair, Committee on Education and the Workforce (One Hundred Twelfth through One Hundred Fourteenth Congresses).