Daniel Granholm Mulhern (born January 3, 1958) is the First Gentleman (husband of Jennifer Granholm, the governor) of the U.S. state of Michigan. He is the first First Gentleman of the state, as Granholm is the state's first female governor.

Mulhern was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Mary and Jack Mulhern and grew up in the cities of Inkster and Lathrup Village. As the oldest boy, he took care of his younger siblings. In Detroit, he attended University of Detroit Jesuit High School. While considering priesthood, he majored in and received his degree in religious studies at Yale in 1980. After teaching theology at Tampa Jesuit High School, he moved to New Orleans and became Executive Director of a charitable community center called "THE Center". He met his wife, Jennifer Granholm, while continuing his education at Harvard Law School and they married in 1986. After Harvard, Mulhern practiced law in Detroit. He worked for U.S. Representative Sander Levin, directed Wayne County's youth services, and founded the Mulhern Hastings Group in 1999.

Mulhern completed the October 24, 2004 Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon in 162nd place, at 4:00'49". He was joined for the last two miles by his wife and two daughters.

He and his wife have three children: Kathryn ('Kate'), 15; Cecilia ('C.J.', 'Cece'), 13; and Jack, 7. Like his wife, he is very athletic. He loves to run, play basketball with his daughters and cheer at their games, and find new things for his son to learn.

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