Editing John Engler

{{short description|Governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = John Engler
|image         = John Engler at Hudson Institute.jpg
|caption       = Engler in 2016
|office        = President of [[Michigan State University]]
|status        = Acting
|term_start    = January 31, 2018
|term_end      = January 17, 2019
|predecessor   = [[Lou Anna Simon]]
|successor     = [[Satish Udpa]] (acting)
|order1        = 46th [[Governor of Michigan]]
|lieutenant1   = [[Connie Binsfeld]]<br>[[Dick Posthumus]]
|term_start1   = January 1, 1991
|term_end1     = January 1, 2003
|predecessor1  = [[James J. Blanchard]]
|successor1    = [[Jennifer Granholm]]
|office2       = Chair of the [[National Governors Association]]
|term_start2   = August 7, 2001
|term_end2     = July 16, 2002
|predecessor2  = [[Parris Glendening]]
|successor2    = [[Paul E. Patton|Paul Patton]]
|office3       = 9th [[Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate]]
|term_start3   = 1984
|term_end3     = 1990
|predecessor3  = [[William Faust]]
|successor3    = [[Dick Posthumus]]
|office4       = Member of the [[Michigan Senate]]
|term_start4   = January 1, 1979
|term_end4     = December 31, 1990
|constituency4 = [[Michigan's 36th Senate district|36th district]] (1979–1982)
<br/>[[Michigan's 35th Senate district|35th district]] (1983–1990)
|predecessor4  = [[John Toepp]]
|successor4    = [[Joanne G. Emmons]]
|office5        = Member of the [[Michigan House of Representatives]]
|term_start5   = January 1, 1971
|term_end5     = December 31, 1978
|predecessor5  = Russell Strange
|successor5    = [[Gary L. Randall]]
|constituency5 = [[Michigan's 100th House of Representatives district|100th district]] (1971–1972)
<br/>[[Michigan's 89th House of Representatives district|89th district]] (1973–1978)
|birth_name    = John Mathias Engler
|birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1948|10|12}}
|birth_place   = [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan]], U.S.
|death_date    =
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|party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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'''John Mathias Engler''' (born October 12, 1948){{r|Whitney (2005)}} is an American politician, lawyer, businessman, and lobbyist who served as the 46th [[governor of Michigan]] from 1991 to 2003. Considered one of the country's top lobbyists,<ref>{{cite news |title=Top Lobbyists 2015: Associations |url=http://www.thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/top-lobbyists/258316-top-lobbyists-2015-associations |access-date=April 1, 2016 |website=thehill.com |date=October 28, 2015}}</ref> he is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].

Engler was serving in the Michigan Senate when he enrolled at [[Thomas M. Cooley Law School]] and graduated with a [[Juris Doctor]] degree, having served as a [[Michigan Senate|Michigan State senator]] since 1979. He was elected Senate majority leader in 1984 and served there until being elected governor in [[1990 Michigan gubernatorial election|1990]]. He was reelected in [[1994 Michigan gubernatorial election|1994]] and [[1998 Michigan gubernatorial election|1998]], and is the last Michigan governor to serve more than two terms. After his governorship, he worked for [[Business Roundtable]].

Engler served on the board of advisors of the [[Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal]], an educational organization that continues the intellectual legacy of noted conservative and Michigan native [[Russell Kirk]]. Engler also served on the board of trustees of the Marguerite Eyer Wilbur Foundation, which funds many Kirk Center programs. Engler was a member of the [[Annie E. Casey Foundation]] board of trustees until 2014. As of 2018, he serves on the board of directors of [[Universal Forest Products]]. Previous board service included serving as a director of [[Dow Jones & Company|Dow Jones]] and [[Delta Air Lines]] and as a trustee of Munder Funds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Engler {{!}} Board Member {{!}} K12 Inc.|url=http://investors.k12.com/board-member/john-engler/|access-date=2020-10-14|website=investors.k12.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://pevc.dowjones.com/Article?an=DJFLBO0020130828e98sjc436 |title=Former Michigan Governor Joins Michigan Prosperity Fund Advisory Board |date=August 28, 2013 |access-date=August 28, 2013 |url-access=subscription  |website=DowJones.com}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Engler, a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]],<ref>{{cite web |title=John Engler |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/John_Engler.htm |work=[[On the Issues]] |date=2015 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}</ref> was born in [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan]], on October 12, 1948, to Mathias John Engler and his wife, Agnes Marie (née Neyer), but grew up on a cattle farm near [[Beal City]].

He attended [[Michigan State University]], graduating with a degree in [[agricultural economics]] in 1971, and [[Thomas M. Cooley Law School]], graduating with a [[Doctor of Jurisprudence]] degree in 1981.

He was elected to the [[Michigan House of Representatives]] as a state representative in 1970 at the age of 22. He served in the House from 1971 to 1978. His campaign manager in that first election was a college friend, [[Dick Posthumus]]. Engler later became the first Republican youth vice-chair for the Michigan Republican Party, defeating future U.S. Senator [[Spencer Abraham]]. Posthumus later went on to be elected a state senator, Senate Majority Leader and Lieutenant Governor. He was Engler's running mate in the 1998 election and served from 1999 to 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan on July 22, 1998 · Page 65 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99630681/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Newspapers.com |date=July 22, 1998 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C50279 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Engler with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1988]]
[[File:Bush Contact Sheet P19109 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Engler with [[President of the United States|President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1991]]

===Governorship===
Engler's administration was characterized by [[privatization]] of state services, income tax reduction, a sales tax increase, educational reform, welfare reform, and major reorganization of [[executive branch]] departments.

In 1996, he was elected chairman of the [[Republican Governors Association]],<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=1996-08-04|title=Republican Governors List Accomplishments in Campaign Booklet|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/us/republican-governors-list-accomplishments-in-campaign-booklet.html|access-date=2020-06-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and in 2001, he was elected to head the National Governors Association.<ref name= "FormerGov">{{cite web |url=https://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/0,4584,7-212-31303-2273--,00.html |title=Governor John Engler Biography |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=State of Michigan |access-date=30 June 2019 }}</ref>

In 2002, near the end of his final term, Engler and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality attempted to negotiate a consent order with [[Dow Chemical]] that would have resulted in a ninefold increase in the allowable levels of dioxins. The consent order would have resulted in Dow not having to pay to clean up high levels of toxins in [[Midland, Michigan]], near its plant there, as well as in the [[Tittabawassee River|Tittabawassee]] flood plain, which had been contaminated by dioxins dumped into the river from the facility and from overflow from waste ponds.<ref name="Pianin (2002)">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/12/31/michigan-and-dow-drop-dioxin-pact/897982ef-60e7-44fc-89ed-c233da9db10b/ |title=Michigan and Dow Drop Dioxin Pact |last=Pianin |first=Eric |date=December 31, 2002 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=February 1, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2016/10/epa_seeks_public_comment_on_ne.html |title=Next phase of Dow dioxin cleanup coming up, EPA seeks public comment |last=Jordan |first=Heather |date=October 3, 2016 |work=MLive.com |access-date=February 1, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> The consent order fell through in late 2002.<ref name="Pianin (2002)" />

===Vice presidential speculation===
====1996====
During the [[1996 United States presidential election|1996 presidential election]], Engler was considered to be a potential vice presidential running mate for Republican nominee [[Bob Dole]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-03-18-9603190616-story.html|title = GOP VP Spot Sparks Rivalries in Midwest|date = March 18, 1996|last = Berke|first = Richard L.|accessdate = November 10, 2021|work = [[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]|agency = [[The New York Times]]}}</ref> However, Dole instead selected [[Jack Kemp]], a former representative and [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|HUD secretary]].

====2000====
Engler endorsed Texas Governor [[George W. Bush]] in the 2000 Republican primary. After Bush secured the GOP nomination, Engler's name was again floated as a possible running mate.<ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Christoff |title=Engler finally admits he was on the VP shortlist |url=http://www.freep.com/news/politics/gov26_20000726.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010204023400/http://www.freep.com/news/politics/gov26_20000726.htm |archive-date=February 4, 2001 |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=July 26, 2000 |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In his book ''[[Decision Points]]'', Bush says that Engler was someone he was "close" with and could "work well with." Ultimately, Engler was passed over for the running mate position in favor of [[Dick Cheney]]. After the election, Engler's close political ally [[Spencer Abraham]], who narrowly lost his re-election bid for the Senate to [[Debbie Stabenow]], was chosen as Bush's Secretary of Energy.

===2002 elections===
Engler's lieutenant governor, [[Dick Posthumus]], sought to succeed Engler in the 2002 gubernatorial race. Posthumus lost the race to the state's attorney general, Democrat [[Jennifer Granholm]].

===Election results===
In 1990, Engler, then the state senate majority leader, challenged Governor [[James Blanchard]] in his bid for a third term. Political observers viewed his bid as a long shot, and he trailed Blanchard by double digits in the polls the weekend before the election. However, on election day, Engler pulled off the upset, defeating Blanchard by approximately 17,000 votes—a margin of less than one percentage point.<ref>{{Cite web|title=James J. Blanchard {{!}} People {{!}} DLA Piper Global Law Firm|url=https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/people/b/blanchard-james-j/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=DLA Piper|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=University|first=Michigan State|title=Governor Jim Blanchard's $1 million gift establishes public service award and lecture series at MSU|url=http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2015/governor-jim-blanchards-1-million-gift-establishes-public-service-award-and-lecture-series-at-m/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=MSUToday|language=en}}</ref> In 1994, Engler ran for his second term. The Democrats nominated former Representative [[Howard Wolpe]], who had close ties to the labor movement—a potent force in Democratic politics in Michigan. Engler bested Wolpe 61 to 39 percent, and the state Republican Party made significant gains. [[Spencer Abraham]] picked up the Senate seat of retiring Democrat [[Donald Riegle]]. Republicans gained a seat to break a tie in the state House of Representatives, taking a 56–54 majority, while also picking up a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican [[Candice Miller]] won an upset victory to win the post of Secretary of State.{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}

Michigan voters re-elected Engler to his third and final term in 1998. He won a landslide victory over lawyer [[Geoffrey Fieger]]. Engler took 1,883,005 votes—62 percent of the total—to Fieger's 38 percent and 1,143,574 votes. Engler's landslide helped the state Republican Party gain six seats in the state House of Representatives, taking control of the chamber they had lost two years previously with a 58–52 margin, as well as picking up an additional seat in the State Senate, for a 23–15 majority. Republicans also gained a seat on the technically non-partisan state Supreme Court, holding a 4–3 majority over the Democrats.

===Electoral history===
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===After governorship===
After leaving the governor's mansion in January 2003, Engler served as president of the state and local government sector of [[Electronic Data Systems]]. Engler left that position in June 2004 to be elected president and CEO of the [[National Association of Manufacturers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20040615/SUB/406150867/engler-leaves-eds-to-be-president-of-national-association-of|title=Engler leaves EDS to be president of National Association of Manufacturers|date=2006-03-30|website=Crain's Detroit Business|language=en|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref> Engler's tenure at the NAM ended in January 2011. In January 2011, Engler was named president of the [[Business Roundtable]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/postlive/john-engler/2013/02/11/ebd92eee-7474-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html|title=John Engler|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Presentation of Final Report of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Transformational Diplomacy.jpg|thumb|right|Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]] with (left to right): [[Thomas R. Pickering|Tom Pickering]], John Engler and [[John Breaux]] at the presentation of final report of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Transformational Diplomacy in 2008]]

In 2017, Engler was appointed to a four-year term on the governing board of the [[National Assessment of Educational Progress]] project.{{r|Spangler (2017)}}

===Interim presidency of Michigan State University===
On January 30, 2018, Engler was named the interim president of [[Michigan State University]] to replace [[Lou Anna Simon]], who was embroiled with the school in the [[USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal]] involving [[Larry Nassar]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Winowiecki |first=Emma |title=Engler to Be Named MSU Interim President |date=January 30, 2018 |work=[[Michigan Radio]] |url=http://michiganradio.org/post/engler-be-named-msu-interim-president |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180418142634/http://michiganradio.org/post/engler-be-named-msu-interim-president |archive-date=April 18, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gerstein |first=Michael |title=Engler Faces Pushback, Vows MSU Change |work=[[The Detroit News]] |date=January 31, 2018 |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/31/msu-board-engler-interim-president/109968804/ |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407213523/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/31/msu-board-engler-interim-president/109968804/?from=new-cookie |archive-date=April 7, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The appointment of Engler sparked controversy due to his previous handling of sexual misconduct as governor of Michigan. Engler's tenure as interim president was plagued by controversies, brought on by Engler's apparent callous statements and actions toward survivors during Board of Trustees meetings and statements that were reported by the press. One of Nassar's victims, [[Rachael Denhollander]], said Engler "chose to stand against every child and every sexual assault victim in the entire state, to protect an institution."

Engler resigned on January 16, 2019 after the Board of Trustees indicated its intent to ask him to resign following a series of embarrassing incidents regarding Nassar's victims and his responses to issues in the aftermath.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/01/16/john-engler-resigns-msu-president/2594498002/|title=John Engler resigns as Michigan State University interim president|website=Detroit Free Press|access-date=May 7, 2019}}</ref> Engler initially indicated he planned to resign on January 23, 2019<ref>{{cite web |last=Silvestri |first=Tyler |title=Interim President Engler Resigns Effective January 23 |date=January 16, 2019 |work=[[On the Banks]] |url=https://onthebanksmsu.com/interim-president-engler-resigns-effective-january-23 |access-date=February 6, 2019 }}/</ref> but the Board required him to resign the morning after he submitted his resignation letter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/01/17/msu-names-udpa-new-interim-president/2598091002/|title=Satish Udpa named Michigan State interim president, replacing Engler|website=Detroit Free Press|access-date=May 7, 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==

In 1975, Engler married [[Colleen House]], who served in the Michigan House of Representatives before running for lieutenant governor of Michigan in 1986. The day after she lost the race for lieutenant governor, she filed for divorce.<ref>{{cite news |title=Colleen Engler Seeks Divorce |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19861107&id=dJtQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=01UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1785,6487891 |access-date=November 13, 2012 |newspaper=Ludington Daily News |date=November 7, 1986}}</ref> The couple had no children together; she remarried in 2002, and died in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/obituary/2022/12/28/colleen-house-dies-gop-john-engler-wife/69761662007/ | title=Colleen House, GOP activist and first wife of John Engler, dies at age 70 }}</ref>

Engler married Michelle DeMunbrun, a Texas attorney, on December 8, 1990. The couple has triplet daughters, born November 13, 1994. As First Lady, Michelle Engler served as the founding chair of the Michigan Community Service Commission. Michelle Engler was named to the [[Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation]] (Freddie Mac) board in 2001 by President [[George W. Bush]], and re-appointed in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=First Lady Michelle Engler Biography |url=http://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/0,4584,7-212-31303-2274--,00.html |publisher=[[Michigan|State of Michigan]] |work=Michigan's Former Governors |date=2017 |access-date=February 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192925/http://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/0,4584,7-212-31303-2274--,00.html |archive-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Whitney (2005)">
  {{cite web
  |last = Whitney
  |first = Gleaves
  |author-link = Gleaves Whitney
  |title = Governor John Engler Portrait Unveiling
  |date = 2005
  |publisher = State of Michigan
  |url = https://www.michigan.gov/documents/Engler_unveilingprog_128466_7.pdf
  |access-date = April 18, 2018
  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060426221454/https://www.michigan.gov/documents/Engler_unveilingprog_128466_7.pdf
  |archive-date = April 26, 2006
  |url-status = live
  }}
</ref>
<ref name="Spangler (2017)">
  {{cite news
  |last = Spangler
  |first = Todd
  |title = Betsy DeVos Names John Engler to Chair National Education Assessment Board
  |date = September 28, 2017
  |newspaper = [[Detroit Free Press]]
  |url = https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/09/28/betsy-devos-john-engler-chair-education-assessment-board/712817001/
  |access-date = April 18, 2018
  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180215081545/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/09/28/betsy-devos-john-engler-chair-education-assessment-board/712817001/?from=new-cookie
  |archive-date = February 15, 2018
  |url-status = live
  }}
</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite magazine
  |last = Miller
  |first = John
  |author-link = John J. Miller (journalist)
  |title = Citizen Engler
  |date = January 2, 2003
  |magazine = [[National Review]]
  |department = Politics & policy
  |url = https://www.nationalreview.com/2003/01/citizen-engler-john-j-miller/
  |access-date = April 18, 2018
  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180418135209/https://www.nationalreview.com/2003/01/citizen-engler-john-j-miller/
  |archive-date = April 18, 2018
  |url-status = live
  }}
* {{cite book
  |last = Whitney
  |first = Gleaves
  |author-link = Gleaves Whitney
  |title = John Engler: The Man, The Leader, The Legacy
  |publisher = Sleeping Bear Press
  |date = 2002
  }}
{{refend}}

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[[Category:Republican Party governors of Michigan]]
[[Category:Presidents of Michigan State University]]
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[[Category:Catholics from Michigan]]
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