Dan Coats facts for kids

Dan Coats
Dan Coats
United States Senator; from Indiana
	In office; January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017; Serving with Joe Donnelly
Preceded by	Evan Bayh
Succeeded by	Todd Young; (elect)
	In office; January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1999
Preceded by	Dan Quayle
Succeeded by	Evan Bayh
United States Ambassador to Germany
	In office; August 15, 2001 – February 28, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	John Kornblum
Succeeded by	William Timken
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Indiana's 4th district
	In office; January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989
Preceded by	Dan Quayle
Succeeded by	Jill Long
Personal details
Born	May 16, 1943 (age 76); Jackson, Michigan
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Marsha Coats
Children	3
Alma mater	Wheaton College; Indiana University, Indianapolis
Website	Senate website
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1966–1968

Dan Coats (born May 16, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Indiana. He is a member of the U.S. Republican Party and has been in Senate since January 3, 2011. He was in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989.

In March 2015, Coats announced his retirement and said he would not run for re-election in 2016. He was replaced by Republican Todd Young.

Coats was born on May 16, 1943 in Jackson, Michigan. He studied at Wheaton College in Illinois and at Indiana University, Indianapolis. He is married to Marsha Coats. They have three children.

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Dan Coats as a first term U.S. Congressman in 1981.
Senator Coats visits Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1996
Coats being sworn in as Director of National Intelligence by Vice President Mike Pence on March 16, 2017.
Coats in his first tenure in Congress