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Ray LaHood

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Raymond H. LaHood ( lə-HOOD; born December 6, 1945) is an American politician who served as the 16th United States Secretary of Transportation from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives (1982–1983) and United States House of Representatives (1995–2009). In 2015, Seeking Bipartisanship: My Life in Politics, a book by Ray LaHood, coauthored with Frank H. Mackaman of The Dirksen Congressional Center, was published by Cambria Press. In 2017, LaHood admitted to the FBI that while holding federal office he had accepted a $50,000 payment from a foreign national for personal home repairs, and that he violated federal government ethics by not reporting the payment on his Office of Government Ethics Form 278. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ray LaHood is the 17,927th most popular politician (down from 17,588th in 2019), the 13,642nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,714th in 2019) and the 1,042nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ray LaHood ranks 17,927 out of 19,576. Before him are Gilles Simeoni, Alexander Ramsey, Dagur B. Eggertsson, José Manuel Albares, Nandini Satpathy, and Norman Thomas. After him are Lado Gurgenidze, Caroline van der Plas, Joseph Albert Sullivan, Mike Johanns, Adam Delimkhanov, and Andrei Arlovski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ray LaHood ranks 663. Before him are Subhash Ghai, Surekha Sikri, Hanan al-Shaykh, Walden Bello, Dusa McDuff, and Dennis Burkley. After him are Damien Magee, Hassan Abshir Farah, Sheela, Julie Heldman, Narendra Dabholkar, and Robert Olen Butler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray LaHood ranks 13,646 out of 20,380. Before him are YNW Melly (1999), Donna Dixon (1957), John Fitch (1917), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), Joe Carnahan (1969), and Eric Close (1967). After him are Marguerite Chapman (1918), Jonathan Lethem (1964), Jake Johnson (1978), Gary Valentine (1961), Tom Watson (1949), and Davis Guggenheim (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Ray LaHood ranks 1,042. Before him are Patsy Mink (1927), Robert F. Stockton (1795), Lurleen Wallace (1926), John Lindsay (1921), Alexander Ramsey (1815), and Norman Thomas (1884). After him are Mike Johanns (1950), Bob Graham (1936), Caleb Strong (1745), Donna Shalala (1941), David Ige (1957), and John Danforth (1936).

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