Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Illinois, Speaker of the House since January 1999 following the resignation of Speaker Newt Gingrich
John Dennis "Denny" Hastert (born
January 2,
1942) is an
American politician. He has been a
Republican member of the
United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing , and served as
Speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007. Originally elevated to the Speakership on
January 6,
1999, he surpassed
Joseph Gurney Cannon as the longest-serving
Republican Speaker in history on
June 1,
2006. Hastert was reelected to an eleventh term in Congress in the
2006 general election, defeating former
United States Navy intelligence analyst
John Laesch. However, the Republican Party lost its majority in the House and on November 8, Hastert announced that he would not seek a leadership position in the 110th session of Congress. On October 17 of 2007, the political newspaper
Roll Call reported that Hastert will retire from congress before the end of 2007.
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