who is Henry J. Hyde?

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Former Representative from Illinois
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Answer 2

Henry John Hyde (born April 18, 1924), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1975, representing the 6th District of Illinois. Representative Hyde retired in 2006. He was former chairman of the Judiciary Committee and was currently chairman of the House International Relations Committee, which deals with foreign policy.

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Henry John Hyde (born April 18, 1924), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1975, representing the 6th District of Illinois. Representative Hyde retired in 2006. He was former chairman of the Judiciary Committee and was currently chairman of the House International Relations Committee, which deals with foreign policy.

He was born in Illinois, attended Duke University, graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and obtained his law degree from Loyola University. Hyde played basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas. He served in the Navy during World War II where he served in combat in the Philippines. He served in the Naval Reserve from 1946 to 1968, where he retired at the rank of Commander, after serving as officer in charge of the U.S. Naval Intelligence Reserve Unit in Chicago. He was married to Jeanne Simpson Hyde from 1947 until her death in 1992; he has four children and four grandchildren.

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Henry John Hyde (born April 18, 1924), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1975, representing the 6th District of Illinois. Representative Hyde retired in 2006. He was former chairman of the Judiciary Committee and was currently chairman of the House International Relations Committee, which deals with foreign policy.
He was born in Illinois, attended Duke University, graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and obtained his law degree from Loyola University. Hyde played basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas. He served in the Navy during World War II where he served in combat in the Philippines. He served in the Naval Reserve from 1946 to 1968, where he retired at the rank of Commander, after serving as officer in charge of the U.S. Naval Intelligence Reserve Unit in Chicago. He was married to Jeanne Simpson Hyde from 1947 until her death in 1992; he has four children and four grandchildren.

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Henry John Hyde (born April 18, 1924), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1975, representing the 6th District of Illinois.
He said "Lashing our interests to the indiscriminate promotion of democracy is a tempting but unwarranted strategy, more a leap of faith than a sober calculation. There are other negative consequences as well. A broad and energetic promotion of democracy in other countries that will not enjoy our long-term and guiding presence may equate not to peace and stability but to revolution."

Answer 6

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 and One Hundred Ninth Congresses); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006.

Answer 7

Congressman from Illinois.

Answer 8

US representative for Illinois

Answer 9

Another politician

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Henry John Hyde born April 18, 1924, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1975, representing the 6th district of Illinois. He retired in 2006. He was also the former Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and was currently Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, which deals with foreign policy.

He was born in Illinois, attended Duke University, graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and obtained his law degree from Loyola University. Hyde played basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas. He served in the Navy during World War II where he served in combat in the Philippines. He served in the Naval Reserve from 1946 to 1968, where he retired at the rank of Commander, after serving as officer in charge of the U.S. Naval Intelligence Reserve Unit in Chicago. He was married to Jeanne Simpson Hyde from 1947 until her death in 1992; he has four children and four grandchildren.

Hyde grew up as a Democrat in an Irish Catholic family, but by 1952 had switched party affiliation and supported Dwight Eisenhower. He went on to become a state legislator and majority leader for the Illinois house of representatives. A member of the House Judiciary Committee since 1975, Hyde served as its chairman from 1995 until 2001, at which time he served as the lead House manager during the President Clinton impeachment trial. Hyde maintains that the House was constitutionally bound to impeach Clinton for perjury.

As Hyde was publicly pursuing the impeachment of Clinton, the Internet magazine Salon.com published a story about Hyde entitled "This Hypocrite Broke Up My Family." According to the story, from 1965 to 1969, Hyde conducted an extramarital sexual affair with Cherie Snodgrass. At the time, Snodgrass was married to another man with whom she had had three children. The Snodgrasses divorced in 1967. The affair ended when Snodgrass' husband confronted Mrs. Hyde. The Hydes reconciled and remained married until Mrs. Hyde's death in 1992. The Snodgrasses remarried in 1969 but re-divorced shortly thereafter. Although Hyde was 41 years old and married when the four-year affair began, he dismissed it as one of his "youthful indiscretions."

From 1985 until 1991, Hyde was the ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Intelligence. He was also one of the most vocal and persistent opponents of abortion law liberalization in American politics, and was involved in some of the highest level debates concerning the response to the events of September 11, 2001.

Hyde and the Committee's senior Democrat, U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA), authored America's worldwide response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in 2003 and landmark foreign assistance legislation creating the Millennium Challenge Corportation and expanding U.S. funding for successful micro-enterprise initiatives. During his long career, he has also been involved in crucial debates over U.S.-Soviet relations, Central America policy, the War Powers Act, NATO expansion, the investigation of the Iran-Contra affair, and, sponsored a bill bill that ties payment of U.S. dues for United Nations operations to efforts mandating reform of the institution's management. An original sponsor of the Brady Bill requiring background checks for gun buyers, Hyde broke with his party in 1994 and supported a ban on the sale of semi-automatic firearms. An original sponsor of family leave legislation, Hyde said the law promoted "capitalism with a human face."

He was in disagreement with his party on the Iraq War:

Over the years the demographics of Hyde's DuPage County have shifted, leading his 2004 Democratic challenge Christine Cegelis to garner over 44% of the vote, the highest total of any of Hyde's opponents. Hyde had announced he would retire after his current term expired in 2006. In 2005, Hyde announced he would be endorsing State Senator Peter Roskam to fill his open seat. Roskam defeated Democratic challenger, Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth to succeed Hyde.

On October 3, 2006, the Washington Times suggested that Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert immediately resign his speakership for the final months of the 109th Congress due to his possible involvement in the Mark Foley scandal. The Washington Times then suggested and supported that Rep. Hyde be elected his replacement.