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Dennis Hastert

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John Dennis Hastert ( HASS-tərt; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician, teacher, wrestling coach, and convicted sex offender who represented Illinois's 14th congressional district from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. Hastert was the 6th longest-serving Speaker of the House in history and the longest serving Republican. After Democrats gained a majority in the House in 2007, Hastert resigned and began work as a lobbyist. In 2016, he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for financial offenses related to the sexual abuse of teenage boys. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Dennis Hastert is the 17,091st most popular politician (down from 16,831st in 2024), the 11,104th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,739th in 2019) and the 846th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Dennis Hastert ranks 17,091 out of 19,576. Before him are Yehude Simon, Lee Yuan-tsu, Vladimir Rushailo, Jussi Halla-aho, William H. McRaven, and Fathi Bashagha. After him are Tarō Kōno, Titus Oates, Vitaly Mutko, Princess Alia bint Hussein, Tom Clarke, and Fabian Picardo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Dennis Hastert ranks 652. Before him are Dinara Asanova, Mirja Lehtonen, Howard Jacobson, John Konrads, Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi, and Andrew Vachss. After him are Glyn Johns, Ozren Bonačić, Liu Qi, Tom Mankiewicz, Eloy Campos, and Barry Diller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Hastert ranks 11,106 out of 20,380. Before him are Kagney Linn Karter (1987), John F. Seitz (1892), Ellen Hansell (1869), Keith Andrews (1920), Corey Allen (1934), and Brianna Hildebrand (1996). After him are Royal Dano (1922), Mark Murphy (1932), Dick Van Arsdale (1943), Susan Solomon (1956), Coleen Gray (1922), and Richard Long (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dennis Hastert ranks 846. Before him are Mark Hanna (1837), Herbert H. Lehman (1878), Nicholas Gilman (1755), Roger Wicker (1951), James Skivring Smith (1825), and William H. McRaven (1955). After him are Hiram Johnson (1866), Jane Dee Hull (1935), William H. Webster (1924), Susanna M. Salter (1860), Howell Cobb (1815), and William Samuel Johnson (1727).

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