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Ray LaHood
16th United States Secretary of Transportation
In office January 23, 2009 – July 2, 2013
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
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009
Preceded by	Robert Michel
Succeeded by	Aaron Schock
Personal details
Born	(1945-12-06) December 6, 1945 (age 78) Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Spoon River College Bradley University

Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood (born December 6, 1945) is an American politician. He served as United States Secretary of Transportation from 2009 until 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. LaHood represented Illinois's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009.^[1]

Media related to Ray LaHood at Wikimedia Commons

• Secretary Ray LaHood at the United States Department of Transportation
• Ray LaHood on the Daily Show, December 15, 2009
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Current Bills Sponsored at StateSurge.com
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• C-SPAN Q&A interview with LaHood, September 2, 2007
• Profile Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine at SourceWatch
• Works by or about Ray LaHood in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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