Editing Curt Weldon (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1947)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Curt Weldon
| image = Curt Weldon.jpg
|birth_name=Wayne Curtis Weldon
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|7|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| state = [[Pennsylvania]]
| district = [[Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district|7th]]
| term = January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2007
| preceded = [[Bob Edgar]]
| succeeded = [[Joe Sestak]]
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = Mary Weldon
| residence= [[Glen Mills, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| alma_mater= [[West Chester University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation= High school teacher
| signature = Curt Weldon signature.svg
}}

'''Wayne Curtis Weldon''' (born July 22, 1947) is an American educator and politician. He served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1987 to 2007, representing the [[Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district|7th district]] of [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>[http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/pa07_109.gif Map of the district] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120045708/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/PA07_109.gif |date=2008-11-20 }}</ref> He was defeated in November 2006 for reelection by [[Joe Sestak]]. Weldon was vice-chair of the [[United States House Committee on Armed Services|Armed Services Committee]] and the [[House Homeland Security Committee]]. He was also the co-chair of the Duma-Congress Study Group, the official inter-parliamentary relationship between the United States and [[Russia]].