What is Peter Roskam?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Peter Roskam |image = Peter Roskam official congressional photo.png |state = [[Illinois]] |district = {{ushr|Illinois|6|6th}} |term_start = January 3, 2007 |term_end = January 3, 2019 |predecessor = [[Henry Hyde]] |successor = [[Sean Casten]] |office1 = [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Republican Chief Deputy Whip]] |term_start1 = January 3, 2011 |term_end1 = August 1, 2014 |predecessor1 = [[Kevin McCarthy (California politician)|Kevin McCarthy]] |successor1 = [[Patrick McHenry]] |state_senate2 = Illinois |district2 = 48th |term_start2 = January 15, 2000 |term_end2 = January 3, 2007 |predecessor2 = [[Beverly Fawell]] |successor2 = [[Randy Hultgren]] |state_house3 = Illinois |district3 = 40th |term_start3 = January 13, 1993 |term_end3 = January 12, 1998 |predecessor3 = [[Daniel Cronin]] |successor3 = [[Randy Hultgren]] |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Elizabeth Roskam |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|9|13}} |birth_place = [[Hinsdale, Illinois|Hinsdale]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |alma_mater = [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign]]<br>[[Chicago-Kent College of Law|Illinois Institute of Technology]] }} '''Peter James Roskam''' (born September 13, 1961) is an American politician. He was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{ushr|IL|6}}, from 2007 to 2019. He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He lost re-election in 2018 to [[Sean Casten]]. He served as the Chief Deputy Majority Whip from 2011 to 2014, ranking fourth among House Republican leaders. He has also served in the [[Illinois Senate]] and the [[Illinois House of Representatives]]. He was Chairman of the House Ways and Means [[United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on