Political Career
Hyde was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1967. He was a press aide for Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974. He was involved in some of the highest level debates concerning the response to the September 11 attacks in 2001.
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