Mike Fitzpatrick - Revision history

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-'''Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick''' (June 28, 1963 &ndash January 6, 2020) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] from his native [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], who represented the [[suburb]]an (Levittown) 8th congressional district for one term (2005-2007), after which he was narrowly defeated by [[Democrat]] [[Patrick Murphy]]. Fitzpatrick, however, defeated Murphy for his former seat in a rematch in 2010 and served until January 3, 2017.
+'''Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick''' (June 28, 1963 &ndash; January 6, 2020) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] from his native [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], who represented the [[suburb]]an (Levittown) 8th congressional district for one term (2005-2007), after which he was narrowly defeated by [[Democrat]] [[Patrick Murphy]]. Fitzpatrick, however, defeated Murphy for his former seat in a rematch in 2010 and served until January 3, 2017.
 Fitzpatrick did not run in 2016, and was succeeded by his brother, Brian Fitzpatrick, who still hold the 8th District seat.

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 Fitzpatrick also served as a Bucks County commissioner. During his tenure in Congress, he worked to establish the Washington Crossing National Cemetery.<ref name=death/>
-Fitzpatrick died at the age of fifth-six after a long battle with [[melanoma]].<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/us/article/Former-US-Rep-Michael-Fitzpatrick-dies-at-56-14953016.php|title=Ex US Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick dies at 56|publisher=''The Laredo (Texas) Morning Times''|date=January 6, 2020|accessdate=January 7, 2020}}</ref>Levittown, is survived by his wife and six children.
+Fitzpatrick died at the age of fifth-six after a long battle with [[melanoma]]. A [[Roman Catholic]], he was married and the father of six children.<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/us/article/Former-US-Rep-Michael-Fitzpatrick-dies-at-56-14953016.php|title=Ex US Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick dies at 56|publisher=''The Laredo (Texas) Morning Times''|date=January 6, 2020|accessdate=January 7, 2020}}</ref>Levittown, is survived by his wife and six children.
 [[U.S. Senator]] [[Pat Toomey]] said that Fitzpatrick served the state and country with “great integrity, competence, and dignity.” Former Pennsylvania [[Governor]] [[Mark Schweiker]] called Fitzpatrick a public servant who “worked tirelessly to improve the lives of those he served.”<ref name=death/>

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-'''Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick''' (June 28, 1963 &ndash January 6, 2020) was a [[U.S. Representative]] from his native [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], who represented the [[suburb]]an 8th congressional district for one term (2005-2007), after being narrowly defeated by [[Democrat]] [[Patrick Murphy]]. Fitzpatrick, however, defeated Murphy for his former seat in a rematch in 2010 and served until January 3, 2017.
+'''Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick''' (June 28, 1963 &ndash January 6, 2020) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] from his native [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], who represented the [[suburb]]an (Levittown) 8th congressional district for one term (2005-2007), after which he was narrowly defeated by [[Democrat]] [[Patrick Murphy]]. Fitzpatrick, however, defeated Murphy for his former seat in a rematch in 2010 and served until January 3, 2017.
 Fitzpatrick did not run in 2016, and was succeeded by his brother, Brian Fitzpatrick, who still hold the 8th District seat.
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 Fitzpatrick also served as a Bucks County commissioner. During his tenure in Congress, he worked to establish the Washington Crossing National Cemetery.<ref name=death/>
-Fitzpatrick died at the age of fifth-six after a long battle with [[melanoma]].<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/us/article/Former-US-Rep-Michael-Fitzpatrick-dies-at-56-14953016.php|title=Ex US Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick dies at 56|publisher=''The Laredo (Texas) Morning Times''|date=January 6, 2020|accessdate=January 7, 2020}}</ref>
+Fitzpatrick died at the age of fifth-six after a long battle with [[melanoma]].<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/us/article/Former-US-Rep-Michael-Fitzpatrick-dies-at-56-14953016.php|title=Ex US Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick dies at 56|publisher=''The Laredo (Texas) Morning Times''|date=January 6, 2020|accessdate=January 7, 2020}}</ref>Levittown, is survived by his wife and six children.
 ==References==

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 Fitzpatrick also served as a Bucks County commissioner. During his tenure in Congress, he worked to establish the Washington Crossing National Cemetery.<ref name=death/>
-Fitzpatrick died at the age of fifth-six after a long battle with [[melanoma]].<ref name=death/>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/us/article/Former-US-Rep-Michael-Fitzpatrick-dies-at-56-14953016.php|title=Ex US Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick dies at 56|publisher=''The Laredo (Texas) Morning Times''|date=January 6, 2020|accessdate=January 7, 2020}}</ref>
+Fitzpatrick died at the age of fifth-six after a long battle with [[melanoma]].<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/us/article/Former-US-Rep-Michael-Fitzpatrick-dies-at-56-14953016.php|title=Ex US Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick dies at 56|publisher=''The Laredo (Texas) Morning Times''|date=January 6, 2020|accessdate=January 7, 2020}}</ref>
 ==References==

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 	|district=8th
 	|terms=January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2007;<br> January 3, 2011 - January 3, 2017
-	|preceded=Jim Greenwood (pre-2005) and Patrick Murphy (2007)
+	|preceded=Jim Greenwood (pre-2005) and Patrick Murphy (2007-2011)
 	|former=n
 	|succeeded=Patrick Murphy (2011) and Brian Fitzpatrick (2017)

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 {{Officeholder
-|name=Mike Fitzpatrick
+|name=Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick
 |image=MikeFitzpatrick.jpg‎
 |party=[[Republican]]
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 	|preceded=Jim Greenwood
 	|former=n
-	|succeeded=Patrick Murphy<br>
+	|succeeded=Patrick Murphy (2011) and Brian Fitzpatrick (2017)
 	}}