CHICAGO -- Dennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by accusations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.
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Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert next to his seat in the Congressional Chambers shortly before President Bill Clinton delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress on Jan. 20, 1999.
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert next to his seat in the Congressional Chambers shortly before President Bill Clinton delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress on Jan. 20, 1999.
Former GOP Speaker John Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) died over the weekend at his home “due to natural causes,” according to Illinois’ Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell. Hastert, 84, served as Speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007, until Democrats won back the lower chamber and Rep.
Former U.S. House Speaker and longtime Illinois congressman Dennis Hastert has died at his home in the Chicago area. Dennis Hastert dies at 84 The Kendall County Coroner's Office confirmed Hastert died over the weekend at his home from natural causes. Hastert was 84.
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died.
Dennis Hastert, whose rise to US House speaker in 1996 was as unexpected as the criminal conviction that sullied his reputation and sent him to prison years later, has died. He was 84.
Former United States House Speaker Dennis Hastert died over the weekend at the age of 84. Hastert died of natural causes at his home, according to the Kendall County coroner. Hastert was sent to federal prison over decades-old sexual abuse claims while he was a wrestling coach at Yorkville High Scho…
Dennis Hastert, the nation’s longest-serving Republican House speaker, whose own political legacy was forever fouled by allegations that he molested high school athletes when he was a wrestling coach, died over the weekend. He was 84.
The longest-serving Republican House speaker left Congress in 2007 and was later convicted of financial offenses related to the sexual abuse of teenage boys
Former Republican Rep. Dennis Hastert, who was the longest-serving GOP House Speaker before falling into disgrace for breaking banking laws, died on Monday at the age of 84. Hastert died peacefully of natural causes at his home, according to Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell.
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who later admitted to sexually abusing children while a high school wrestling coach before entering politics, died over the weekend at his home in the Chicago area. He was 84.
Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., flanked by other congressional leaders, stands on the Capitol steps on Sept. 11, 2001, to speak about the terrorist attacks earlier that day.
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