Ike Skelton

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Ike Skelton
Chair of the House Armed Services Committee
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Duncan Hunter
Succeeded by	Buck McKeon
Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee
In office February 6, 1998 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by	Ron Dellums
Succeeded by	Duncan Hunter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 4th district
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	William Randall
Succeeded by	Vicky Hartzler
Member of the Missouri Senate from the 28th district
In office 1971–1977
Preceded by	John Ryan
Succeeded by	David Doctorian
Personal details
Born	Isaac Newton Skelton IV (1931-12-20)December 20, 1931 Lexington, Missouri, U.S.
Died	October 28, 2013(2013-10-28) (aged 81) Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Susan Anding ​ ​ (m. 1961; died 2005)​ Patty Martin ​ (m. 2009)​
Education	Wentworth Military Academy and College (AA) University of Missouri (AB, LLB)
Ike Skelton's voice Skelton explains his support for the 2002 AUMF Against Iraq Recorded October 8, 2002

Isaac Newton Skelton IV (December 20, 1931 – October 28, 2013) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 4th congressional district from 1977 to 2011. During his tenure, he served as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He was a member of the Democratic Party. On November 2, 2010, he unexpectedly lost his seat to Republican Vicky Hartzler amid a Republican landslide. Notably, he was one of three Democratic committee chairmen to lose reelection in the 2010 midterm cycle, alongside House Budget Committee chairman John Spratt of South Carolina and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Jim Oberstar of Minnesota.