John Hastert

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Full Name	John Hastert
Date Of Birth	Jan 2, 1942(1942-01-02)
Age	82
Birthplace	Euclid
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Capricorn

John Hastert Biography

John Hastert is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on January 2, 1942 in Euclid, Ohio, United States. Hastert was born on the 2nd of January 1942 at Aurora, Illinois, the oldest of three sons born to Naomi (nee Nussle) and Jack Hastert. Hastert was born of Luxembourgish as well as Norwegian descent from his father’s side, as well as of German heritage on his mother’s side.

From 1965 until 1981, Hastert worked as a high school instructor and coach for Yorkville High School located in Yorkville, Illinois. He was unsuccessful in his bid in an election to the Illinois House of Representatives, however, he ran for a second time and was able to win an election in 1981. He was elected first into the United States House of Representatives in 1986. He was elected each year for two terms until his retirement in 2007. Hastert progressed throughout the Republican ranks of the House and was appointed head of the whip team in 1995 before becoming Speaker the following year. In his position as Speaker of the House He backed his fellow Republicans in the George W. Bush administration’s domestic and foreign policy. When Democrats gained control of the House in 2007 following elections of 2006, Hastert declined to seek the post of minority leader. He then quit his House seat and was a lobbyist for Dickstein Shapiro’s firm. Dickstein Shapiro.

In 1973, Hastert married a fellow teacher at the high school, Jean Kahl, with whom he had two sons.

Hastert lost a 1980 Republican primary for the Illinois House of Representatives, but showed a talent for campaigning, and after the election, volunteered for an influential state senator, John E. Grotberg. In the summer of 1981, however, State Representative Al Schoeberiein had become terminally ill, and Republican party bosses selected Hastert as the successor over two major rivals, West Chicago lawyer Tom Johnson and Mayor Richard Verbic of Elgin. The first round of balloting resulted in a tie, but Hastert was chosen after Grotberg interceded on Hastert’s behalf.

Hastert was briefly a student at North Central College, but later transferred to Wheaton College, a Christian liberal arts college. Jim Parnalee, Hastert’s roommate at North Central who transferred with him to Wheaton is a Marine Corps Reserve member who in 1965 was the first student at Wheaton College who was killed during Vietnam. Hastert was able to continue to visit Parnalee’s family every the year while in Michigan. Due to a sprain in his wrestling Hastert was never a member of the military. He graduated from Wheaton in 1964. Hastert completed his studies at Wheaton with the degree of a B.A. in economics. He graduated in 1967 and earned his M.S. in education philosophy in 1967 from Northern Illinois University (NIU). In his first year at graduate school Hastert studied for the duration of three months studying on the streets of Japan within his People to People Students Ambassador Programme. One of the group’s participants included Tony Podesta (then the president of the Young Democrats at University of Illinois at Chicago Circle).

John Hastert Net Worth

John Hastert is one of the richest from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Hastert 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

John Dennis Hastert (/”‘ h ae s t @r t/; born on January 2 1942) is an American politician from the past who served in the 14th congressional district of Illinois from 1987 until 2007 and was the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 until 2007. He was and was the longest-running Republican Speaker in the House in the history of the House. After being found guilty of financial crimes relating to numerous instances of child molestation, he was the most powerful politician to be in U.S. history to have completed a prison sentence.

Hastert worked for Yorkville Community Unit School District for 16 years between 1965 and 1981. Hastert began his work there at the age of 23, and continuing to attend NIU. In the years that followed, Hastert was a teacher in the classroom at Yorkville High School (teaching government economics, history as well as sociology) and also played football and as a wrestling coach. Hastert was the head coach of the school’s wrestlers team to win the state championship and was afterwards designated Illinois The Coach of the Year. According to federal prosecutors during the time the team was coached by him, Hastert sexually abused at the least four of his pupils.

Hastert has been married to Jean Hastert (née Kahl) since 1973. They have two children, Ethan and Joshua. Hastert’s older son, Joshua, was a lobbyist for the firm PodestaMattoon, representing clients ranging from Amgen, a biotech company, to Lockheed Martin, a defense contractor. This provoked criticism from Congress Watch: “There definitely should be restrictions [on family members registering as lobbyists] … This is family members cashing in on connections … [and it] is an ideal opportunity for special interest groups to exploit family relationships for personal gain.” Joshua Hastert responded to the allegation by saying that he did not lobby House Republican leaders.

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Hastert was then reelected in his Fox Valley-centered district several times, by wider margins, aided by his role in redistricting following the 1990 Census.

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The National Wrestling Hall of Fame awarded Hastert its Order of Merit in 1995 and named Hastert to its “Hall of Outstanding Americans” in 2000. In May 2016, a few days after Hastert was sentenced to prison, the Hall of Fame (following a review) revoked all of Hastert’s honors, the first time the organization had ever taken such an action.