Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 18th district
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009
Preceded by
Robert Michel
Succeeded by
Aaron Schock
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 72nd district
In office May 1, 1982 – January 11, 1983
Preceded by
Ben Polk
Succeeded by
Bob DeJaegher
Personal details
Born
(1945-12-06) December 6, 1945 (age 78) Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Kathy
Children
4, including Darin
Education
Spoon River College Bradley University (BS)
Raymond H. LaHood (/ləˈhʊd/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. In 2019, government prosecutors and LaHood agreed to a Non-Prosecution Agreement that required LaHood to admit responsibility, repay the $50,000 loan and pay a $40,000 fine to the U.S. government.[1]
^"Lahood NPA". U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
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models, among other cars. On August 20, 2009, Transportation Secretary RayLaHood announced that the program would end at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday...
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congressional district, to succeed retiring incumbent Republican congressman RayLaHood, Schock said, "If China continues to be irresponsible about nuclear proliferation...
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managing partner from 1996 to 2015 and global co-chairman from 2015 to 2016. RayLaHood, former secretary of the Department of Transportation, has been senior...
second-term Cabinet, specifically to succeed Chu as secretary of energy, RayLaHood as U.S. secretary of transportation, Hilda Solis as U.S. secretary of...
Center broke ground on August 11, 2010. US Secretary of Transportation RayLaHood, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and the Mayor of San Francisco...
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technical expertise to Canada and the United States. Transportation Secretary RayLaHood indicated interest in test riding the Japanese Shinkansen in 2009. On...
authority to fund itself. Almost one month later, US Transportation Secretary RayLaHood announced that the M-1 Rail Line would receive US$25 million in federal...
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Succeeded by Jack Lew U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) Preceded by RayLaHood as Former US Cabinet Member Order of precedence of the United States as...
Space Museum, and she was appointed by then Secretary of Transportation RayLaHood to the advisory board of the United States Merchant Marine Academy later...
praise for his stewardship of the DCCC, even from Illinois Republican Rep. RayLaHood, who said, "He legitimately can be called the golden boy of the Democratic...
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