Marcy Kaptur is Born

On This Day | Posted by: Tedd Long | 06/17/2025

1946: Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is born in Toledo.

After attending St. Ursula Academy in Toledo, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1968 and completed a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Michigan in 1974. In 1981, she did post-graduate study in urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to serving in Congress, Kaptur served on the Toledo-Lucas County Planning Commission from 1969 to 1975, as director of planning for the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs from 1975 to 1977, and as a domestic policy advisor during President Jimmy Carter's administration.