Louise Slaughter
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York |
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Assumed office January 3, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Fred J. Eckert |
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30th district (1987–1993) 28th district (1993–2013) 25th district (2013–present) |
| Chair of the House Rules Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | David Dreier |
| Succeeded by | David Dreier |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 130th district |
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In office January 1, 1983 – December 31, 1986 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas A. Hanna |
| Succeeded by | Robert L. King |
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Dorothy Louise McIntosh August 14, 1929 Lynch, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Slaughter (1957–2014) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Kentucky (BS, MPH) |
Dorothy Louise McIntosh Slaughter (born August 14, 1929) has been the United States representative for New York's 25th congressional district since 1987. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 30th District from 1987 to 1993 and the 28th District from 1993 to 2013, is based in Rochester and includes most of surrounding Monroe County. She was the Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee from 2007 until 2011, and has served as ranking minority member of the Committee since 2011, a post she also held from 2005 to 2007. Since the retirement of Charles Rangel, Slaughter has risen to dean of the New York House of Representatives delegation. Chuck Schumer is the current dean of New York's congressional delegation as he has served in Congress since 1981.
Slaughter was born Dorothy Louise McIntosh on August 14, 1929, in Lynch, Kentucky, a coal mining town built by a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. She is the daughter of Daisy Grace (Byers) and Oscar Lewis McIntosh, a blacksmith for a coal mine. She had two brothers, Philip and David as well as two sisters, Marjorie and Virginia. Her sister Virginia died of pneumonia while she was a child; Slaughter later cited this as her reason for earning degrees in microbiology and public health.
The family moved to Monticello, Kentucky, where Slaughter attended high school. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, where she studied microbiology. After graduating with a bachelor's degree, she went on to earn a master's degree in public health, also from the University of Kentucky.
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