# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carolyn-cheeks-kilpatrick
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:36:11.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carolyn-cheeks-kilpatrick"
name: "Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick"
slug: "carolyn-cheeks-kilpatrick"
description: "Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick was an American politician who was a U.S. representative from 1997 to 2011, first for Michigan's 15th congressional district and then for Michigan's 13th congressional district. She was a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election to Hansen Clarke, who replaced her in January 2011 after winning the 2010 general election. Kilpatrick was also the mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carolyn_Cheeks_Kirkpatrick%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1945-06-25"
deathDate: "2025-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump