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Former Congressman Dan Rostenkowski Dies
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| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Aug 11, 2010 06:48pm |
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| Author | Don Moseley, Carol Marin and Sachi Yoshitisugu |
| News Date | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | One of the most influential politicians to come from Chicago and affect the nation, Daniel David Rostenkowski died Wednesday morning at his home in Wisconsin. He was 82.
A master deal-maker and powerful legislator, Rostenkowski earned respect and sometimes fear from politicians and constituents alike during his reign as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1981 to 1994. Most simply knew him as “Mr. Chairman” or "Danny."
Thomas Lynch, friend and fellow Cook County Democrat once called him the, “Joe DiMaggio of legislators,” in an interview with the New York Times.
His rolling jowls, shrewd eyes and powerful stature made him easily recognizable. In the corridors of Washington and smoke filled rooms in Chicago, Rostenkowski combined a gregarious personality, with an old boy politicking style.
Born into a family entangled in Chicago politics, Rostenkowski emerged a product of the Cook County Democratic machine.
His father was the longtime alderman of the blue-collar predominantly Polish 32nd ward where Rostenkowski played as a child and later lived with his own family in the three-story brick house his grandfather built.
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