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LAHOOD, Ray H.

LAHOOD, Ray H.
Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
LAHOOD, Ray H.
1945–

Office

Representative

State/Territory

Illinois

Party

Republican

Congress(es)

104th (1995–1997), 105th (1997–1999), 106th (1999–2001), 107th (2001–2003), 108th (2003–2005), 109th (2005–2007), 110th (2007–2009)

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Biography

LAHOOD, Ray H., (father of Darin Lahood), a Representative from Illinois; born in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., December 6, 1945; graduated from Spalding Institute, Peoria, Ill., 1963; attended Spoon River Community College, Canton, Ill.; B.S., Bradley University, Peoria, Ill., 1971; teacher; director, Rock Island County Youth Services Bureau, 1972-1974; chief planner, Bi-States Metropolitan Planning Commission, 1974-1977; staff, United States Representative Thomas F. Railsback of Illinois, 1977-1982; member, Illinois state house of representatives, 1982-1983; staff, United States Representative Robert H. Michel of Illinois, 1983-1994; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2009); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008; Secretary of Transportation in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama, 2009-2013.

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External Research Collections

The Dirksen Congressional Center

Pekin, IL
Papers: The papers are not yet available.

University of Oklahoma
The Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive, Department of Communication

Norman, OK
Videoreel and Videocassette: 1994, 1 commercial on 1 videoreel and 3 commercials on 1 videocassette. The commercials were used during Ray LaHood's campaign for the 1994 U.S. congressional election in District 18 of Illinois, Republican Party.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

LaHood, Ray, and Frank H. Mackaman. Seeking Bipartisanship: My Life in Politics. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2015.

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