Dennis Hastert

US Representative from Illinois

J. Dennis Hastert, 66 Mr. Hastert served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from January 1999 through January 2007. He served 11 terms in Congress and retired from the House of Representatives in November 2007. Prior to his role as Speaker, Mr. Hastert served as Chief Deputy Majority Whip in the 104. Congress and also served as Chairman of the House of Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice. He also spent the first 16 years of his career teaching government, history and economics at Yorkville High School. A Representative from Illinois; born in Aurora, Kane County, Ill., January 2, 1942; B.A., Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., 1964; M.S., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.,1967; teacher; athletic coach; business owner; member of the Illinois state house of representatives, 1980-1986; elected as a Republican to the One Hundredth and to the ten succeeding Congresses until his resignation on November 26, 2007 (January 3, 1987-November 26, 2007); Speaker of the House (One Hundred Sixth through One Hundred Ninth Congresses).

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

William A Koetzle Vice President of Federal Affairs, API; former Manager of Federal Government Affairs, Chevron

• Legislative director ('98→?)

Mike Stokke Former deputy chief of staff to speaker Dennis Hastert

• Deputy Chief of Staff (past)

Jack Howard

• Adviser (past)

John Feehery Lobbyist; Republican strategist

• Communications Director (past)

Darren Willcox Lobbyist, Founder and Principal, W Strategies; former Principal at Dutko Worldwide

• Legislative Assistant (past)

Ted Van Der Meid

• Counsel (past)

Business Positions

Dickstein Shapiro LLP

• Public Policy and Law Practice ('08→?)

Board Memberships

George Bush Presidential Library Board of Trustees

• Trustee

CME Group, Inc. Commodities trading; futures exchange

• Director

Donors

Hastert for Congress Committee

• Principal Campaign Committee

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

James E Eatherly

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('00)

Richard Hugh Baker President of Managed Funds Association; US Representative from Louisiana

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('98)

Devry Inc Political Action Committee

• 1 contribution · 200 USD ('06)

Campaign Donors

1 / 80

Tyrone C Fahner Partner, Mayer Brown | President, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago

• 14 contributions · 14,075 USD ('99→'07)

Richard G Cline Former Chairman and CEO of Jewel Corp, Chairman and former CEO of Nicor

• 9 contributions · 12,500 USD ('99→'07)

Howard J Rubenstein American lawyer and public relations expert - President Rubenstein Associates, Inc.

• 6 contributions · 12,100 USD ('03→'07)

Patrick G Ryan Chicago insurance billionaire; Chairman - Ryan Specialty Group

• 9 contributions · 11,750 USD ('98→'07)

J Christopher Reyes Food and beer distribution billionaire

• 7 contributions · 11,400 USD ('02→'06)

James D Oberweis Illinois State Senator 25th District

• 7 contributions · 10,700 USD ('02→'07)

Denis J Healy Co-Chairman, Turtle Wax, Inc.

• 12 contributions · 10,500 USD (Aug 17 '99→Apr 15 '07)

Frederick A Krehbiel Co-Chairman, Molex Incorporated; with his brother, sold Molex to David and Charles Koch for $7.2 billion

• 9 contributions · 10,400 USD (Dec 14 '01→Mar 28 '07)

Ronald Bullock CEO, Bison Gear

• 10 contributions · 10,350 USD ('99→'06)

Patrick F Daly The Daly Group Chicago, IL

• 7 contributions · 10,100 USD (Dec 17 '01→Apr 26 '06)

Memberships

Chicago 2016 Committee Committee backing Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

• Member

Bush Pioneers George W. Bush's $100,000 fundraisers

• Member

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 3 '87→Nov 26 '07)

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

Family

Joshua Hastert

• son

Services & Transactions

Thomas C. Green Attorney

• attorney

Fuels America

• lobbying client

ServiceMaster Provides outsourcing services for residential and commercial customers. Revenues are $3 billion.

• lobbying client

FirstLine Transportation Security

• lobbying client

Covanta Energy

• lobbying client

Peabody Energy The world's largest private sector coal company

• lobbying client

Lorillard Tobacco Company, LLC 3rd largest tobacco company

• lobbying client

Schools

Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University, located in DeKalb, Ill., is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with a student enrollment of over 25000.

• MS (?→'67)

Wheaton College Liberal arts college in Norton, MA

• BA (?→'64)