KAPTUR, Marcia Carolyn (Marcy)

KAPTUR, Marcia Carolyn (Marcy)
Image courtesy of the Member
1946–

Concise Biography

KAPTUR, Marcia Carolyn (Marcy), A Representative from Ohio; born in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, June 17, 1946; graduated from St. Ursula Academy, Toledo, Ohio, 1964; B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., 1968; M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1974; attended the University of Manchester, Manchester, England, 1974; post-graduate studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., 1981; urban planner, Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio, Plan Commissions, 1969-1975; director of planning, National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs, 1975-1977; assistant director for urban affairs, domestic policy staff, Executive Office of the President, 1977-1979; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the twenty-one succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-present).

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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External Research Collections

Bowling Green State University
Center for Archival Collections

Bowling Green, OH
Papers: In the papers of Jane R. Gust, 1945-1983. Marcy Kaptur is the subject of a taped interivew with Jane Gust.

University of Oklahoma
The Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive, Department of Communication

Norman, OK
Political Commercials: Collection includes 90,000 political advertisements. Collection includes 45 television campaign ads of Marcy Kaptur.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

Kaptur, Marcy. Women of Congress: A Twentieth Century Odyssey. Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 1996.

"Marcia C. 'Marcy' Kaptur" in Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2006.

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Committee Assignments & Leadership

Committee Assignments

Committee Name & Date Congresses Congresses
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
[1977–1995]
98th (1983–1985) – 101st (1989–1991)
98th (1983–1985) –
101st (1989–1991)
Veterans' Affairs
[1947–Present]
80th Congress–Present
(See also the following standing committee: World War Veterans' Legislation)
98th (1983–1985) – 100th (1987–1989);
117th (2021–2023)
98th (1983–1985) –
100th (1987–1989);
117th (2021–2023)
Appropriations
[1865-Present]
39th Congress-Present
101st (1989–1991) – 117th (2021–2023);
119th (2025–2027)
101st (1989–1991) –
117th (2021–2023);
119th (2025–2027)
Budget
[1974-Present]
93rd Congress-Present
101st (1989–1991);
110th (2007–2009) – 112th (2011–2013);
119th (2025–2027)
101st (1989–1991);
110th (2007–2009) –
112th (2011–2013);
119th (2025–2027)
Oversight and Government Reform
[2007-2019; 2025-Present]
110th Congress-115th Congress; 119th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committees: Expenditures in the Executive Departments; Government Operations; Government Reform and Oversight; Government Reform; Oversight; Oversight and Reform; and Oversight and Accountability)
111th (2009–2011)
111th (2009–2011)
Agriculture
[1820-Present]
16th Congress-Present
117th (2021–2023)
117th (2021–2023)
Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
[2021–2023]
117th Congress
117th (2021–2023)
117th (2021–2023)

Committee & Subcommittee Chair

Committee Subcommittee Congresses Congresses
Veterans' Affairs Housing and Memorial Affairs
100th (1987–1989)
100th (1987–1989)
Appropriations Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies
116th (2019–2021) – 117th (2021–2023)
116th (2019–2021) –
117th (2021–2023)
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