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HENRY HYDE: THE MAN WHO WANTS THE PRESIDENT'S
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 Name: Henry John Hyde
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 04/18/24
Birth Place: Chicago, IL
Home City: Wood Dale, IL
Family: Widowed; 5 Children, 5 Grandchildren.
Religion: Roman Catholic
Educational Experience:
Navy V-12 Program, Duke University, 1943-1944;
BS, Georgetown University, 1947;
JD, Loyola University School of Law, 1949;
Various Honorable Doctorate Degrees.
Professional Experience:
Ensign, US Navy, 1942-1946;
Attorney, Private Practice Specializing in Litigation, 1950;
Commander, US Naval Reserve, 1946-1968.
Current Office: U.S. House of Representatives District 6
First Elected: 11/05/74
Last Elected: 11/03/98
Year of Next Election: 2000
Political Experience:
Former Chairman, Illinois Crime Investigating Commission;
Former Chairman, US House Republican Policy Committee;
Majority Leader, Illiois House of Representatives, 1971-1972;
Illinois House of Representatives, 18th District, 1967-1975.
Congressman Henry Hyde represents Illinois' Sixth District. Chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee, he also serves on the International Relations Committee. He is a
combat veteran of World War II, a former trial lawyer in Chicago, and in 1987 served on
the Iran-Contra investigating committee.
Caucus / Non-Legislative Committees:
Subcommittee on the Constitution;
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law;
Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
1993-1994 On the votes that the American Security Council considered to be the most
important in 1993-1994, Representative Hyde voted their preferred position 100 percent of
the time.
On March 31, 1998, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up H.R. 2281, the "WIPO
Copyright Treaties Implementation Act." Introduced by Representative Henry Hyde
(R-IL), H.R. 2281 would make the use, manufacture or sale of any technology that can be
used to circumvent copyright protections illegal.
Rather than providing protection and legal remedies against the act of
unlawful circumvention itself, H.R. 2881 focuses instead on the technologies used to
enable the circumvention.
Committee Assignments
 | Committee on the Judiciary, Chairman |
| Subcommittee on the Constitution |
| Committee on International Relations |
| Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights |
Education
| Graduated 1942, St. George High School, Evanston, Illinois |
| B.S., 1947, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (Also attended Duke University,
Durham, N.C.) |
| J.D., 1949, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois |
| Doctor of Laws (Hon.), St. Joseph's College, Standish, Maine |
| Doctor of Laws (Hon.), Allentown College, Center Valley, Pennsylvania |
| Doctor of Laws (Hon.), Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina |
| Doctor of Humane Letters (Hon.), Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, Illinois |
| Doctor of Humanities (Hon.), Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois |
| Director of Public Administration (Hon.), Midwest College of Engineering, Lombard,
Illinois |
| Associate in Arts (Hon.), Triton College, River Grove, Illinois
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Military
| Enlisted U.S. Navy, November 11, 1942 |
| Attended Duke University in Navy V-12 Program, 1943-44, and Notre Dame University |
| Midshipman's School, 1944 |
| Commissioned Ensign, USNR, October, 1944, and served in South Pacific, New Guinea and
the Philippines until August 1946 |
| Served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, 1946-68; retired at the rank of Commander, after
serving as officer in charge, U.S. Naval Intelligence Reserve Unit, Chicago |
Professional
| Admitted to Illinois Bar, January 9, 1950, and entered private practice specializing in
litigation |
| Past President of Trial Lawyers Club of Chicago |
Awards and Honors
| Catholic American of the Year, Catholic Campaign for America, 1994 |
| Watchdog of the Treasury Award, annually from 1975 to present Given to legislators for
their votes to curb federal spending Guardian of Small Business,
- Given annually by the National Federation of Independent Business for voting record on
issues important to America's small and family-owned businesses
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| Grace Caucus Award, Citizens Against Government Waste
Sound Dollar Award, Free Congress Foundation |
| National Security Leadership Award, Disabled American Veterans |
| Distinguished Service Award, Disabled American Veterans |
| Alumni Medal of Excellence, Loyola University School of Law |
| Alumni Achievement Award, Georgetown University |
| Distinguished Citizens Citation, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska |
Hyde was chairman of the Platform Committee for the 1996 Republican Convention, and is
often mentioned as a possible Speaker of the House.
Above the Law
He also appears to be above the law. On March 5th, the federal government is
expected to settle its lawsuit against Hyde and the S&L's other directors for a
piddling $850,000.
Under a separate agreement, Hyde himself will not have to pay a dime.
It's a strikingly generous offer, given that U.S. District Court Judge Brian
Duff -- a former Republican colleague of Hyde's in the Illinois legislature -- wrote that
"the RTC alleges facts sufficient to sustain a claim of gross negligence."
Minutes of Clyde's board meetings show Hyde played an active role in some of
Clyde's most foolhardy adventures. Hyde approved participation
in a loan for a Texas luxury beachfront condominium project that defaulted, costing Clyde
$3.7 million. Clyde had no experience in out-of-state construction loans, and
it made the loan based on information provided by a loan broker who "stood to receive
a substantial fee" if the loan was approved. (The lead lender, by the way, was
Guaranty S&L, of Harrison, Arkansas -- of Whitewater fame.) Hyde also approved a risky
options trading program, and purchase of Grand Cayman Island Eurodollar securities.
A vote to support an Alabama judge who continues to post the Ten Commandments on his
courtroom wall despite a higher court's ruling that it was unconstitutional.
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