Peter J. Roskam

A Representative from Illinois. Born in Hinsdale, DuPage County, Ill. , September 13, 1961. B. A. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill. , 1983. J. D. , Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill. , 1989. Lawyer, private practice. Staff, United States Representative Thomas Dale DeLay of Texas, 1985-1986. Staff, United States Representative Henry John Hyde of Illinois, 1986-1987. Teacher. Businessman. Member of the Illinois state house of representatives, 1993-1999. Member of the Illinois state senate, 2000-2006. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Tenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-January 3, 2019). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018.