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Ken Kramer


Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Incumbent
Assumed office September 14, 2004
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
In office October 6, 2000 – September 14, 2004
Preceded by	Frank Q. Nebeker
Succeeded by	Donald L. Ivers
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
In office 1989 – September 14, 2004
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	William A. Moorman
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)
In office October 14, 1988 – 1989
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Michael P. W. Stone
Succeeded by	Douglas A. Brook
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 5th district
In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by	William L. Armstrong
Succeeded by	Joel Hefley
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 18th district
In office January 2, 1974 – January 3, 1979
Preceded by	William J. Hybl
Succeeded by	Frank H. Randall

Personal details
Born	Kenneth Bentley Kramer (1942-02-19) February 19, 1942 (age 82) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BA) Harvard University (JD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1967–1970
Rank	Captain

Kenneth Bentley Kramer (born February 19, 1942) is an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Colorado. He is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, serving four consecutive terms from 1979 to 1987.

Early life and education

Born in 1942, in Chicago, Kramer grew up in the city's suburb of Skokie, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois, and after earning his degree, entered Harvard University, from which he received his Juris Doctor.

Career

In 1966, he was admitted to the bar, and by 1970, he had risen to the position of assistant district attorney for the state's Fourth Judicial District.

In 1972, Kramer was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives and served for three terms until 1978.

Congress

That year, he was elected to represent the state's 5th congressional district, filling the vacancy left by U.S. Senator-elect William Armstrong. Kramer held the seat for eight years.

Senate race

In 1986, he retired to run for the United States Senate, but lost the election to Democrat Tim Wirth.

Later career

Kramer returned to Colorado Springs, Colorado to be an attorney in private practice.

Since retiring, Kramer has held several positions. President Ronald Reagan nominated Kramer to be Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) on June 10, 1988; the United States Senate confirmed Kramer by unanimous consent on October 14, 1988. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush and appointed as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in 1989. He was chief judge of the court from 2000 until he retired in 2004. He is married to Louise Kotoshirodo Kramer.

Electoral history

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Kramer	91,933	59.78
	Democratic	Gerry Frank	52,914	34.41
	Independent	L.W. Dan Bridges	8,933	5.81
Total votes			153,780	100.0
	Republican hold

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Kramer (incumbent)	177,319	72.41
	Democratic	Ed Schreiber	62,003	25.32
	Libertarian	John A. Lanning	5,578	2.27
Total votes			244,900	100.0
	Republican hold

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Kramer (incumbent)	84,479	59.55
	Democratic	Thomas Cronin	57,392	40.45
Total votes			141,871	100.0
	Republican hold

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Kramer (incumbent)	163,654	78.59
	Democratic	William Geffen	44,588	21.41
Total votes			206,242	100.0
	Republican hold

1986 U.S. Senate election results, Colorado
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tim Wirth	529,449	49.91%	−0.42%
	Republican	Ken Kramer	512,994	48.36%	−0.34%
	Independent	Michael Martin Bush	11,127	1.05%
	Socialist Workers	Michael R. Chamberlain	3,756	0.35%
	Independent American	Henry John Olshaw	1,868	0.18%	−0.17%
	Prohibition	Calvin G. Dodge	1,571	0.15%
Majority			16,455	1.55%	−0.09%
Turnout			1,060,765
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

^ Reagan, Ronald (June 10, 1988). "Nomination of Ken Kramer To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Army". UCSB. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
PN1165 — Ken Kramer — Department of Defense
Biography on U.S. Court of Appeals for Veteran's Claims website
"Ken Kramer (CO, 1979-1987)". FMC. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
1978 Election Results
1980 Election Results
1982 Election Results
1984 Election Results
"1986 Election Results" (PDF). house.gov. p. 6.

External links

United States Congress. "Ken Kramer (id: K000322)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Appearances on C-SPAN

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byBill Armstrong	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 5th congressional district 1979-1987	Succeeded byJoel Hefley
Party political offices
Preceded byMary Estill Buchanan	Republican Party nominee for United States Senator from Colorado (Class 3) 1986	Succeeded byTerry Considine
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byJames Paul Johnsonas Former US Representative	Order of precedence of the United States as Former US Representative	Succeeded byKen Buckas Former US Representative

v t e Members of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado
1st district	Pence Shafroth Bonynge Rucker Kindel Hilliard Vaile White Eaton Lewis Gillespie Carroll Rogers McKevitt Schroeder DeGette
2nd district	Bell Hogg Haggott Martin Seldomridge Timberlake Cummings Hill Dominick Brotzman McVicker Brotzman Wirth Skaggs Udall Polis Neguse
3rd district	Keating Hardy Martin Burney Chenoweth Marsalis Chenoweth Evans Kogovsek Strang Campbell McInnis Salazar Tipton Boebert Hurd
4th district	Taylor Rockwell Aspinall Johnson Brown Allard Schaffer Musgrave Markey Gardner Buck Lopez Boebert
5th district	Armstrong Kramer Hefley Lamborn Crank
6th district	Schaefer Tancredo Coffman Crow
7th district	Beauprez Perlmutter Pettersen
8th district	Caraveo Evans
At-large	Belford Patterson Belford Symes Townsend Brooks Cook Taylor Keating
Territory	Bennet Bradford Chilcott Bradford Chaffee Patterson

Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Active	Allen Pietsch Bartley Greenberg Meredith Toth Falvey Laurer Jaquith
Senior	Kramer Holdaway Greene Hagel Kasold Moorman Davis Lance Schoelen

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