Ray LaHood
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| 16th United States Secretary of Transportation | |
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In office January 23, 2009 – July 2, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | John Porcari |
| Preceded by | Mary Peters |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Foxx |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 18th district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Michel |
| Succeeded by | Aaron Schock |
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December 6, 1945 Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children |
Darin LaHood Sam LaHood |
| Alma mater |
Spoon River College Bradley University |
Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood (born December 6, 1945) is an American politician who served as United States Secretary of Transportation from 2009 until 2013. A Republican from Illinois, LaHood represented Illinois's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009. In 2015, LaHood's book, Seeking Bipartisanship: My Life in Politics, coauthored with Frank H. Mackaman of The Dirksen Congressional Center, was published by Cambria Press.
LaHood was born in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Edward M. LaHood, a Lebanese American who managed a restaurant, and Mary A. LaHood (née Vogel), who was of German ancestry. In 2006, he was one of four Arab American members of Congress.
He graduated from Spalding Institute (now Peoria Notre Dame High School), worked his way through Canton Junior College and Bradley University in Peoria, earning a Bachelor of Science in education and sociology in 1971.
Following graduation, he taught middle school social studies at public and Catholic schools, and has said that "teaching kids ... about the constitution and government" stirred his interest in politics.
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