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Oil on canvas, Michael Del Priore, 1998 Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives |
HYDE, Henry John, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill.,
April 18, 1924; B.S., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1947; J.D.,
Loyola University Law School, Chicago, Ill., 1949; lawyer; private practice;
United States Navy, 1944-1946; United States Naval Reserve, 1946-1968; member
of the Illinois state house of representatives, 1967-1974, majority leader,
1971-1972; delegate, Illinois state Republican conventions, 1958-1974; elected
as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1975-January 3, 2007); one of the managers appointed by the House
of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harry
E. Claiborne, judge of the United States District Court for Nevada; one of the
managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1998 to conduct the
impeachment proceedings against President William Clinton; chair, Committee on
the Judiciary (One Hundred Fourth through One Hundred Sixth Congresses); chair,
Committee on International Relations (One Hundred Seventh through One Hundred
Ninth Congresses); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth
Congress in 2006; died on November 29, 2007, in Chicago, Ill.
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