John Patrick Hiler is a former U.S. Representative

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 from Indiana

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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Hiler graduated from La Lumiere School

La Lumiere School

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, La Porte, Indiana, 1971.
He earned a B.A. from Williams College

Williams College

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, Williamstown, Massachusetts

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, 1975, and an M.B.A. from University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, 1977.
He is a marketing director.
He served as delegate, White House Conference of Small Business, 1980.
He served as delegate, Indiana State Republican conventions, from 1978 to 1980.

Hiler was elected as a Republican

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 to the 97th

97th United States Congress

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 and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981–January 3, 1991).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the 102nd Congress

102nd United States Congress

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 in 1990.
He was deputy administrator at the General Services Administration

General Services Administration

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 from 1991 to 1993.
A business executive, he is a resident of La Porte, Indiana.