Roger C. Stanley (April 30, 1943 – May 24, 2014) was an American
Republican politician from Illinois. His nickname was "The Hog".
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Born in ]Windham, Ohio
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, he received his bachelor's degree from Kent State University
Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in A ...
in education and political science. He also went to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...
and University of Southern California
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. He lived in Streamwood, Illinois
Streamwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 39,577. It is a northwest suburb of Chicago, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Streamwood is one of the three communities that ...
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Stanley served in the Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
from 1977 to 1982 as a Republican. He was also the administrative assistant to the speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.
In 2002, Stanley was indicted by the United States Government
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a fede ...
for corruption in the Illinois Governor George Ryan
George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934) is an American former politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 39th governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003.
Elected in 1998, Ryan received national attention for his 1999 morat ...
corruption case. He later testified in a plea deal against Ryan's former Chief of Staff Scott Fawell, admitting he paid kickbacks to win state contracts and campaign business, secretly mailed out vicious and false attacks on political opponents and helped obtain a ghost-payrolling jobs.[http://www.chicagotribune , May 09, 2003, Stanley guilty in kickback, payroll scam Former legislator admits mail fraud, money laundering by Matt O'Connor and Ray Gibson]
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He died on May 24, 2014, in Costa Rica.
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External links
Roger Stanley-obituary
1943 births
2014 deaths
People from Streamwood, Illinois
People from Windham, Ohio
Kent State University alumni
University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni
University of Southern California alumni
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois politicians convicted of crimes
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