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John Patrick Hiler (born April 24, 1953) is an American politician and businessman who served five terms as a 
United States representative
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from Indiana
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from 1981 to 1991.
Biography
Born inChicago, Illinois
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, Hiler graduated from La Lumiere School
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, La Porte, Indiana, 1971.
He earned a B.A. from Williams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was kill ...
in 1975, and an M.B.A.
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from University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
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in 1977.
He served as a marketing director for a business based in Indiana.
He later served as delegate, White House Conference of Small Business in 1980.
He also served as delegate for the Indiana State Republican conventions, from 1978 to 1980.
Congress
Hiler was elected as aRepublican
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to the 97th and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991). In 1980, he unseated 22-year Democratic incumbent and House Majority Whip
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John Brademas
Stephen John Brademas Jr. (March 2, 1927 – July 11, 2016) was an American politician and educator originally from Indiana. He served as Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1981 a ...
in a major upset that was driven largely by the national political climate and the Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter
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presidential election campaign. He was reelected four times in hard-fought campaigns, but was narrowly defeated for reelection to the 102nd Congress in 1990 by one of Brademas' former staffers, Tim Roemer
Timothy John Roemer (born October 30, 1956) is an American diplomat and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003 as a Democrat from Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Subsequently, he was the preside ...
.
Later career
He was deputy administrator at theGeneral Services Administration
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from 1991 to 1993.
A business executive with Hiler Industries, he is a resident of South Bend
South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...
, Indiana.
References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hiler, John Patrick 1953 births Living people La Lumiere School alumni Williams College alumni University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni People from La Porte, Indiana Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana