Joe Knollenberg

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates {{#invoke:infobox|infoboxTemplate | bodyclass = vcard | bodystyle = {{#if:|width: {{{mainwidth}}}}} | child = {{{embed}}}

| abovestyle = font-size: 100%;

| above = {{#if:|

{{{honorific-prefix}}}

}}

{{#if:|{{{name}}}|Template:PAGENAMEBASE}}

{{#if:|

{{{honorific-suffix}}}

}}

| subheaderstyle = font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;

| subheader = {{#ifeq:{{{embed}}}|yes||{{#if:|{{#if:|

}}{{{native_name}}}{{#if:|

}}}}}}

| image = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=Joe knollenberg.jpg|size=|sizedefault=frameless|upright=1|alt=|suppressplaceholder=yes}} | image2 = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=|size=|sizedefault=frameless|upright=1|alt=|suppressplaceholder=yes}} | image3 = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=|sizedefault=frameless|upright=1|alt=|suppressplaceholder=yes}} | captionstyle = line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em; | caption{{#if:|3|{{#if:|2}}}} =

| headerstyle = color: #202122; {{#ifeq:{{{embed}}}|yes|background:#eee|background:lavender}}

| data2 = | header3 = {{#if:Joseph Kastl KnollenbergTemplate:Birth date Mattoon, Illinois, U.S.Template:Death date and age Troy, Michigan, U.S.RepublicanSandie Knollenberg2, including Marty Eastern Illinois UniversityInsurance agent|Personal details}} | label4 = Pronunciation | data4 =

| label5 = Born | data5 = {{#invoke:Separated entries|br

|1 = {{#if:Joseph Kastl Knollenberg|

Joseph Kastl Knollenberg

}}

|2 = Template:Birth date
|3 = Mattoon, Illinois, U.S.
}}

| label6 = Died | data6 = {{#invoke:Separated entries|br|Template:Death date and age|Troy, Michigan, U.S.}}

| label7 = {{#ifexpr: Template:Strfind short

   | Manner |{{#if:|Manner|Cause}} }} of death

| data7 = {{#if:||}}

| label8 = Resting place | class8 = label | data8 = {{#invoke:Separated entries|br||}}

| label9 = Citizenship | data9 =

| label10 = Nationality | data10 = {{#switch:{{#invoke:delink|delink|}} | {{#ifeq:Template:Country2nationality|{{#invoke:delink|delink|}}|{{#invoke:delink|delink|}}}} = | {{#ifeq:Template:Find country|England|British}} = | #default = }}

| label11 = Political party | data11 = {{#switch:Republican | = | Democrat | Democratic | Democrat = Democratic | Republican | United States Republican Party | Republican | Republican Party = Republican | Conservative Party | Conservative = Conservative | Labour Party | Labour = Labour | Conservative Party | Conservative = Conservative | Liberal Party | Liberal = Liberal | KMT | Kuomintang | KMT | KMT | Kuomintang | Kuomintang (KMT) | Kuomintang (KMT) = Kuomintang | DPP | DPP | Democratic Progressive Party = Democratic Progressive Party | #default = Republican }}

| label12 = Other political
affiliations | data12 =

| label13 = Height | data13 = {{#if:|Template:Infobox person/height}}

| label14 = Spouse{{#if:|s|{{#invoke:Detect singular|pluralize|Sandie Knollenberg|likely=(s)|plural=s}}}} | data14 = Sandie Knollenberg

| label15 = Domestic partner{{#invoke:Detect singular|pluralize||likely=(s)|plural=s}} | data15 =

| label16 = Relations | data16 =

| label17 = Children | data17 = 2, including Marty

| label18 = Parent{{#if:|{{#invoke:Detect singular|pluralize||likely=(s)|plural=s}}|{{#ifexpr:Template:Count > 1|s}}}} | data18 = {{#if:|{{{parents}}}|{{#invoke:list|unbulleted|{{#if:|{{{father}}} (father)}}|{{#if:|{{{mother}}} (mother)}}}}}}

| label19 = Relatives | data19 =

| label20 = Residence{{#invoke:Detect singular|pluralize||likely=(s)|plural=s}} | class20 = {{#if:Template:Death date and age Troy, Michigan, U.S.||label}} | data20 =

| label21 = Education | data21 =

| label22 = Alma mater | data22 = Eastern Illinois University

| label23 = Occupation | data23 = Insurance agent

| label24 = Profession | data24 =

| label25 = Known for | data25 =

| label26 = Salary | data26 =

| label27 = Cabinet | data27 =

| label28 = Committees | data28 =

| label29 = Portfolio | data29 =

| label30 = {{#if:|Civilian awards|Awards}} | data30 =

| label31 = {{{blank1}}} | data31 =

| label32 = {{{blank2}}} | data32 =

| label33 = {{{blank3}}} | data33 =

| label34 = {{{blank4}}} | data34 =

| label35 = {{{blank5}}} | data35 =

| label36 = Signature | data36 = {{#if:|[[File:{{{signature}}}|{{#if:|{{{signature_size}}}|128x80px}}|class=skin-invert|alt=|Joe Knollenberg's signature]]}}

| label37 = Website | data37 =

| label38 = Nickname{{#invoke:Detect singular|pluralize||likely=(s)|plural=s}} | data38 =

| header39 = {{#if:United States Army1955–1957File:Army-USA-OR-04a.svg Corporal|Military service}}

| label40 = Allegiance | data40 =

| label41 = {{#if:||Branch/service}} | data41 = United States Army

| label42 = {{#if:||Years of service}} | data42 = 1955–1957

| label43 = {{#if:||Rank}} | data43 = File:Army-USA-OR-04a.svg Corporal

| label44 = {{#if:||Unit}} | data44 =

| label45 = Commands | data45 =

| label46 = {{#if:||Battles/wars}} | data46 =

| label47 = {{#if:|Military awards|Awards}} | data47 =

| label48 = {{{military_blank1}}} | data48 =

| label49 = {{{military_blank2}}} | data49 =

| label50 = {{{military_blank3}}} | data50 =

| label51 = {{{military_blank4}}} | data51 =

| label52 = {{{military_blank5}}} | data52 =

| data53 = {{#invoke:Listen|main}} | data54 = | data55 = | data56 = | data57 = | data58 = | belowstyle = border-top: 1px solid right;

| below =

{{#if:| As of {{{date}}}{{#if:|, {{{year}}}}}}}

{{#if:|Source: [{{{source}}}]}}

}}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{#ifeq:|no|yes}}|yes||}} }}{{#if:|{{#ifeq:{{#ifeq:|no|yes}}|yes||}} }}{{#if:|{{#if:||{{#ifeq:{{#ifeq:|no|yes}}|yes||}}}} }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| regexp1 = 1blankname[%d]* | regexp2 = 1namedata[%d]* | regexp3 = 2blankname[%d]* | regexp4 = 2namedata[%d]* | regexp5 = 3blankname[%d]* | regexp6 = 3namedata[%d]* | regexp7 = 4blankname[%d]* | regexp8 = 4namedata[%d]* | regexp9 = 5blankname[%d]* | regexp10 = 5namedata[%d]* | allegiance | alma_mater | regexp11 = alongside[%d]* | alt | regexp12 = ambassador_from[%d]* | regexp13 = appointed[%d]* | regexp14 = appointer[%d]* | regexp15 = assembly[%d]* | awards | battles | battles_label | birth_date | birth_name | birth_place | birthname | regexp16 = blank[%d]* | bodyclass | branch | branch_label | cabinet | candidate | caption | categories | regexp17 = chancellor[%d]* | children | citizenship | regexp18 = co%-leader[%d]* | commands | committees | regexp19 = constituency[%d]* | regexp20 = constituency_AM[%d]* | regexp21 = constituency_MP[%d]* | regexp22 = convocation[%d]* | regexp23 = country[%d]* | regexp24 = data[%d]* | date | death_cause | death_date | death_manner | death_place | demo | regexp25 = deputy[%d]* | regexp26 = district[%d]* | education | election_date | embed | father | regexp28 = firstminister[%d]* | footnotes | regexp29 = governor[%d]* | regexp30 = governor_general[%d]* | regexp31 = governor%-general[%d]* | height | honorific_prefix | honorific-prefix | honorific_suffix | honorific-suffix | image | image name | image_name_alt | image_size | imagesize | image_upright | incumbent | regexp32 = jr/sr[%d]* | regexp33 = jr/sr and state[%d]* | known_for | regexp34 = leader[%d]* | regexp35 = legislature[%d]* | regexp36 = lieutenant[%d]* | regexp37 = lieutenant_governor[%d]* | mainwidth | regexp38 = majority[%d]* | regexp39 = majority_floor_leader[%d]* | regexp40 = majority_leader[%d]* | regexp41 = majorityleader[%d]* | mawards | regexp42 = military_blank[%d]* | regexp43 = military_data[%d]* | regexp44 = minister[%d]* | regexp45 = minister_from[%d]* | regexp46 = minority_floor_leader[%d]* | regexp47 = minority_leader[%d]* | regexp48 = minorityleader[%d]* | regexp49 = module[%d]* | regexp50 = monarch[%d]* | mother | name | nationality | native_name | native_name_lang | nickname | nocat | regexp51 = nominator[%d]* | nominee | occupation | regexp52 = office[%d]* | opponent | regexp53 = order[%d]* | otherparty | parents | regexp54 = parliament[%d]* | regexp55 = parliamentarygroup[%d]* | partner | party | party_election | portfolio | regexp56 = preceded[%d]* | regexp57 = preceding[%d]* | regexp58 = predecessor[%d]* | regexp59 = premier[%d]* | regexp60 = president[%d]* | regexp61 = primeminister[%d]* | regexp62 = prior_term[%d]* | profession | pronunciation | rank | rank_label | relations | relatives | residence | resting_place | resting_place_coordinates | restingplace | restingplacecoordinates | regexp63 = riding[%d]* | runningmate | salary | serviceyears | serviceyears_label | signature | signature_alt | signature_size | smallimage | smallimage_alt | source | speaker | speaker_office | spouse | spouses | regexp64 = state[%d]* | regexp65 = state_assembly[%d]* | regexp66 = state_delegate[%d]* | regexp67 = state_house[%d]* | regexp68 = state_legislature[%d]* | regexp69 = state_senate[%d]* | regexp70 = status[%d]* | regexp71 = suboffice[%d]* | regexp72 = subterm[%d]* | regexp73 = succeeded[%d]* | regexp74 = succeeding[%d]* | regexp75 = successor[%d]* | regexp76 = taoiseach[%d]* | regexp77 = term[%d]* | regexp78 = term_end[%d]* | regexp79 = term_label[%d]* | regexp80 = term_start[%d]* | regexp81 = termend[%d]* | regexp82 = termlabel[%d]* | regexp83 = termstart[%d]* | regexp84 = title[%d]* | unit | unit_label | regexp85 = vicegovernor[%d]* | regexp86 = vicepremier[%d]* | regexp87 = vicepresident[%d]* | regexp88 = viceprimeminister[%d]* | regexp89 = assuming[%d]* | website | width | year }}

Joseph Kastl Knollenberg (November 28, 1933 – February 6, 2018) was an American politician from Michigan. From 1993 to 2009, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Template:Ushr and Template:Ushr.

In his congressional term, Knollenberg was known as a staunch supporter of the North American Free Trade Agreement, President George W. Bush's stance on protecting manufactured goods and for voting against expanding SCHIP in the later years of his career.<ref name="WPobit" />

He was defeated by Gary Peters in the 2008 election by a margin of 52% to 43%.

Early lifeEdit

Knollenberg was born in Mattoon, Illinois, the son of Helen E. (née Kastl; 1903–1990), a teacher and William Herman Knollenberg Jr. (1902–1975), a farmer.<ref name="EP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was raised a Catholic<ref name="EP" /> and grew up on a farm along with 12 siblings.<ref name="WPobit" /> He graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1955, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.<ref name="WXYZ">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After graduation, he served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957 as a corporal in Germany, where he specialized in petroleum chemistry.<ref name="EP" /><ref name="WPobit" /> He then spent more than three decades as an insurance agent.<ref name="DetObit" /> Initially working for New York Life Insurance Company as an assistant manager and later for Sears, he founded his own agency, Knollenberg Agency in the late 1980s.<ref name="DFP" /> He served as chairman of the Oakland County Republican Party from 1978 to 1982.<ref name="WXYZ" />

Congressional careerEdit

In 1992, Knollenberg signed on as campaign manager for Congressman William Broomfield, who had represented most of Oakland County in Congress since 1957.<ref name="DFP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, at a meeting with Knollenberg and other advisers, Broomfield announced he would not run for a 19th term.<ref name="DetObit" /> He then asked Knollenberg to run in his place in the 11th District, which had been renumbered from the 18th District after the 1990 census.<ref name="DFP" />

Despite being the only candidate in the three-way Republican primary not holding elected office, Knollenberg won the nomination by over 13 points.<ref name="WPobit">Template:Cite news</ref> As the 11th was one of the most Republican districts in Michigan and the nation at the time, he was virtually assured of becoming only the third person to represent the district. He was reelected six times without serious difficulty, never dropping below 55 percent of the vote.<ref name="DFP" />

Knollenberg was re-elected to his seventh term in 2004 with 58% of the vote.<ref name="DFP" /> In 2006, however, Knollenberg faced a tough campaign against Democrat Nancy Skinner, a liberal talk show host in the Detroit area, ultimately winning by six points.<ref name="DetObit" /> Two years later, in a more difficult election cycle for Republican candidates, Knollenberg lost re-election to former state senator Gary Peters.<ref name="WPobit" />

Generally, Knollenberg's voting record was conservative. He supported the North American Free Trade Agreement and led the campaign against President George W. Bush's steel tariffs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2002 he was awarded the Mkhitar Gosh Medal by the president of Armenia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On September 29, 2008, he voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Committee assignmentsEdit

Appropriations Committee:
- Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs<ref name="CAJK">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (Ranking Member)<ref name="CAJK" />

2006 electionEdit

File:President Signs 'Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods' Act.jpg

Knollenberg (second to right) witnessing President George W. Bush signing the 'Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods' Act in 2006

Knollenberg was challenged in the 2006 Republican primary by moderate Republican Patricia Godchaux.<ref name="WXYZ" /> Democratic candidate Nancy Skinner, a popular former radio-talk show host in the Detroit area, was her party's nominee for the 9th district.<ref name="DFP" /> Matthew R. Abel of the Green Party and Adam Goodman of the Libertarian Party were third-party candidates also in the race.<ref name="JKI" /><ref name="DetObit" />

Prior to 2006, Knollenberg's election was widely considered to be relatively easy given the traditionally Republican leanings of Troy, the largest city in his district.<ref name="WPobit" /> The 2000s round of redistricting made Knollenberg's district much friendlier to Democrats.<ref name="WXYZ" /> While the district lost heavily Democratic Southfield, it picked up equally Democratic Pontiac and lost a Republican-leaning spur of Wayne County.<ref name="DFP" />

In the 2006 election, Knollenberg was nearly defeated, taking only 52 percent of the vote to Skinner's 46 percent.<ref name="2006 results" /> Abel received .9%, and Goodman received 1.3%.<ref name="2006 results"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref> This was the closest a Democrat had come to winning the district in 48 years; in 1958 Broomfield only won a second term by 5.5 points.<ref name="near" />

Knollenberg spent $2.7 million in his campaign.<ref name="near"> Template:Cite news </ref>

2008 electionEdit

Template:See also

In January 2006, Congressman Knollenberg announced his intent to seek re-election in 2008.<ref name="DFP" /> The narrowness of his 2006 reelection bid, combined with his district's changing demographics led the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to target him for defeat.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee targeted Congressional Districts where Republicans garnered less than 55% of the vote.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Democratic nominee was Gary Peters, the former state lottery commissioner.<ref name="DFP" /> Skinner initially made plans for a rematch, but bowed out to clear the field for Peters.<ref>"Skinner won't challenge Knollenberg". Detroit Free Press. February 25, 2008. Template:Webarchive</ref> In March 2008, Jack Kevorkian announced that he would challenge Knollenberg as an independent candidate.<ref name="JKI">"Dr. Jack Kevorkian Will Run for US House as Independent", Ballot Access News, March 12, 2008 (accessed March 13, 2008).</ref> The Libertarian nominee was Adam Goodman and the Green nominee was Douglas Campbell.<ref name="JKI" /> Kevorkian, Goodman and Campbell each raised and spent less money than the mandatory reporting threshold.<ref name="JKI" />

On November 4, 2008, Knollenberg was defeated, garnering 43 percent of the vote to Peters' 52 percent.<ref name="WPobit" /> Knollenberg's candidacy was likely hurt by a heavy Democratic tide in the Detroit area; Barack Obama carried Oakland County by a 15-point margin, six percentage points more than Peters' margin over Knollenberg.<ref name="WPobit" /><ref name="DFP" /> A potential factor in Knollenberg's defeat was a series of advertisements criticizing his vote against expanding SCHIP.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life and deathEdit

Knollenberg had two sons, Stephen and Martin with his wife, Sandra "Sandie" Moco,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> whom he married in September 1962 at St Frances Cabrini Church in Allen Park, Michigan.<ref name="EP" /><ref name="DetObit" /> His son, Martin, was elected in November 2006 by a 58%-42% margin to the Michigan State House of Representatives from the 41st District.<ref name="WPobit" />

Knollenberg died on February 6, 2018, due to complications from Alzheimer's disease at a care facility in Troy, Michigan at the age of 84.<ref name="DetObit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ReferencesEdit

Template:Reflist

External linksEdit

Template:Biographical Directory of Congress

Federal Election Commission — Joseph K. Knollenberg campaign finance reports and data
On the Issues — Joe Knollenberg issue positions and quotes
OpenSecrets.org — Joe Knollenberg campaign contributions
Project Vote Smart — Representative Joseph K. 'Joe' Knollenberg (MI) profile
Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Joe Knollenberg voting record
Template:C-SPAN

Template:S-start Template:S-par Template:US House succession box Template:US House succession box Template:S-end

Template:U.S. Michigan Representatives

Template:Authority control