Dennis Hastert

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives human politician

Dennis Hastert is an American Republican politician who served as the 51st Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007.

Aliases (1)

Hastert ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → human → politician →
admittedTo	sexually abusing minors while a wrestling coach →
convictedOf	lying to federal investigators → structuring bank withdrawals to evade reporting requirements →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1942-01-02 →
educatedAt	Northern Illinois University → Wheaton College (Illinois) →
endTime	2007-01-03 (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) →
ethnicGroup	European American →
familyName	Hastert →
givenName	John →
hasChild	Ethan Hastert → Joshua Hastert →
honorificPrefix	The Honorable →
memberOf	United States House of Representatives →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableEvent	federal indictment on banking and hush-money charges in 2015 → resignation from Congress in 2007 →
notableWork	leadership during the impeachment of Bill Clinton (as House Republican leader) → role in passing the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act →
occupation	politician → teacher → wrestling coach →
officeContested	U.S. House of Representatives →
partOf	106th United States Congress (as Speaker) → 107th United States Congress (as Speaker) → 108th United States Congress (as Speaker) → 109th United States Congress (as Speaker) →
placeOfBirth	Aurora, Illinois, United States →
positionHeld	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives → Minority Whip of the United States House of Representatives → Speaker of the House Republican Conference → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives →
precededBy	Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) →
religion	Evangelical Christianity →
represents	Illinois's 14th congressional district →
residence	Illinois, United States →
sentence	15 months in federal prison (2016) for financial crimes related to hush-money payments →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Jean Hastert →
startTime	1999-01-06 (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) →
succeededBy	Nancy Pelosi (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) →
wasMemberOf	Illinois House of Representatives →
workLocation	Springfield, Illinois → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
107th United States Congress → 108th United States Congress → 109th United States Congress →	speakerOfTheHouse
Dennis Hastert ("Hastert") →	familyName
106th United States Congress →	hasSpeakerOfTheHouse