Editing Wayne Gilchrest (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1946)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name                = Wayne Gilchrest
|image               = Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland, official portrait.jpg
|state               = [[Maryland]]
|district            = {{ushr|MD|1|1st}}
|term_start          = January 3, 1991
|term_end            = January 3, 2009
|predecessor         = [[Roy Dyson]]
|successor           = [[Frank Kratovil]]
|birth_name          = Wayne Thomas Gilchrest
|birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1946|4|15}}
|birth_place         = [[Rahway, New Jersey]], U.S.
|death_date          = 
|death_place         = 
|party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (before 2019)<br />[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (2019–present)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/dan-rodricks/bs-md-rodricks-0202-20200201-lweu73ko25dmnk25vhugrb3phy-story.html |title=Former GOP Congressman: 'Republicans Have Thrown Acid on the Constitution' |date=February 1, 2020 |last=Rodricks |first=Dan |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]}}</ref>
|spouse              = Barbara Gilchrest
|education           = [[Wesley College (Delaware)|Wesley College]] ([[Associate Degree|AA]])<br />[[Delaware State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Loyola University Maryland]]
|allegiance          = {{flag|United States}}
|branch              = {{flag|United States Marine Corps}}
|serviceyears        = 1964–1968
|rank                = [[Sergeant (United States)|Sergeant]]
|unit                = [[3rd Battalion, 6th Marines]]<br />[[2nd Battalion, 1st Marines]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/loc.natlib.afc2001001.63732 |title=Wayne Thomas Gilchrest Collection: Veterans History Project (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) |publisher=Memory.loc.gov |access-date=2016-04-15}}</ref>
|battles             = [[Vietnam War]]
|mawards             = [[Purple Heart]]<br />[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]<br />[[Navy Commendation Medal]]
|module              = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Wayne Gilchrest Speaks in Support of the 1991 AUMF Against Iraq.ogg|title=Wayne Gilchrest's voice|type=speech|description=Gilchrest speaks in support of the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 1991|1991 AUMF Against Iraq]]<br/>Recorded January 11, 1991}}
}}
[[File:President George W. Bush signs H.R. 3908, the Reauthorization of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Rep. Gilchrest (second from left) and others join President [[George W. Bush]] for the signing of the [[North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act]].]]
'''Wayne Thomas Gilchrest''' (born April 15, 1946) is an American politician who served as a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] representing {{ushr|Maryland|1}}. In 2008, Gilchrest was defeated in the Republican [[Partisan primary|primary]] by State Senator [[Andy Harris (politician)|Andy Harris]]. Following his departure from politics he has worked on environmental education.<ref name=education>{{cite news |last=MacGillis |first=Alec |date=September 29, 2009 |title=Former Congressman Wayne Gilchrest Finds New Constituents in Maryland Kids
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/28/AR2009092804001_2.html?noredirect=on |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |location=Washington DC |access-date= September 29, 2017}}</ref> He is also a member of the ReFormers Caucus of [[Issue One]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Issue One – ReFormers Caucus|url=https://www.issueone.org/reformers/|access-date=2020-09-25|language=en}}</ref> In 2019, Gilchrest became a registered Democrat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rodricks|first=Dan|title=Former GOP congressman: 'Republicans have thrown acid on the Constitution' {{!}} COMMENTARY|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/dan-rodricks/bs-md-rodricks-0202-20200201-lweu73ko25dmnk25vhugrb3phy-story.html|access-date=2020-09-25|website=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=February 2020 }}</ref>