What is Louise Slaughter?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Louise Slaughter |image = Louise Slaughter official photo.jpg |office = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from [[New York (state)|New York]] |term_start = January 3, 1987 |term_end = March 16, 2018 |predecessor = [[Fred J. Eckert]] |successor = [[Joseph D. Morelle]] {{small|(Elect)}} |constituency = [[New York's 30th congressional district|30th district]] {{small|(1987–1993)}}<br>[[New York's 28th congressional district|28th district]] {{small|(1993–2013)}}<br>[[New York's 25th congressional district|25th district]] {{small|(2013–present)}} |office1 = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Rules|House Rules Committee]] |term_start1 = January 3, 2007 |term_end1 = January 3, 2011 |predecessor1 = [[David Dreier]] |successor1 = David Dreier |state_assembly2 = New York |district2 = 130th |term_start2 = January 1, 1983 |term_end2 = December 31, 1986 |predecessor2 = Thomas A. Hanna |successor2 = [[Robert L. King]] |birth_name = Dorothy Louise McIntosh |birth_date = {{birth date |1929|8|14}} |birth_place = [[Lynch, Kentucky|Lynch]], [[Kentucky]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2018|3|16|1929|8|14}} |death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Robert Slaughter {{small|(1957–2014)}} |children = 3 |education = {{nowrap|[[University of Kentucky]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Public Health|MPH]])}}}} }} '''Dorothy Louise McIntosh Slaughter''' (August 14, 1929 &ndash; March 16, 2018) was an American politician. She was the [[United States House of Representatives|United States representative]] for [[New York's 25th congressional district]] from 1987 until her death in 2018. She was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Slaughter was the Chairwoman of the [[House Rules Committee]] from