Congressional Archives

Part of the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, the Congressional Archives is home to the papers of former United States Congressmen Henry J. Hyde (R-IL) and Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL). While both collections are are available for research, some restrictions apply. Conatct the University Archivist at kyoung3@luc.edu for information or to make an appointment to use the collections.

The Loyola Archives and Special Collections follows the rules of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the opening of records. Those parts of the Dan Rostenkowski papers and Henry Hyde papers that correspond to records currently closed by the U.S. House of Representatives are closed at the Loyola Archives and Special Collections. Due to limited staffing, the parts of the Hyde and Rostenkowski papers that relate to newly opened U.S. House of Representative records may not be available for immediate research. For further information on House rules, please consult the Finding Aids for Official House Records.

Dan Rostenkowski (1928–2010) was elected as a Democrat to the Illinois State General Assembly in 1952 where he served as a representative in the sixty-eighth general assembly. He was then elected to the Illinois state senate, where he served from 1954 to 1956. Rostenkowski was first elected to the eighty-sixth United States Congress in 1959 and served in seventeen succeeding Congresses. He was defeated for re-election in 1995. Rostenkowski served as the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means from the 97th through the 103rd Congresses and of the Joint Committee on Taxation from the 97th through 101st Congresses.

Henry J. Hyde (1924-2007) was elected as a Republican to the Illinois State House of Representatives in 1967 and served until 1974. From 1971 to 1972 he served as majority leader and was a delegate to the Illinois State Republican Conventions. Hyde was elected to the Ninety-fourth United States Congress, where he served through the 106th Congress. Hyde was the chair for the Committee on the Judiciary for the 104th through 106th Congresses and the chair for the Committee on International Relations for the 107th through 109th Congresses.

Congressional Archives

Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL) papers

Henry J. Hyde (R-IL) papers