Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Dies at 84

A speaker from a different era

Dennis Hastert, the former Republican speaker of the House, has died at 84, CBS News reported Monday. He held the gavel from 1999 to 2007, longer than any other Republican speaker.

Hastert left Congress and later pleaded guilty to structuring bank withdrawals to hide hush-money payments. The case ended his public life.

The record he leaves

His speakership covered the response to the September 11 attacks and the early years of the wars that followed. Colleagues from that period are likely to mark the death. The criminal case will travel with the obituary.

No cause of death was included in the first reports.