John H. Hager
| John H. Hager | |
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| 37th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia | |
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In office January 17, 1998 – January 12, 2002 |
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| Governor | Jim Gilmore |
| Preceded by | Don Beyer |
| Succeeded by | Tim Kaine |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Henry Hager August 28, 1936 Durham, North Carolina |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Chase Hager (1971–present) |
| Children | John Vigil Hager (b. 1973) Henry Chase Hager (b. 1978) |
| Profession | Politician, Entrepreneur |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Rank | Captain |
John Henry Hager (born August 28, 1936) is an American politician who served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia from July 2007 until May 2008. He also served as the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002, and as an assistant secretary within the United States Department of Education from 2004 to 2007.
Hager was born in Durham, North Carolina. He started a neighborhood newspaper in 1945. While an undergraduate at Purdue University he ran a vending machine business, was an active member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and was a member of ROTC. One term, his course load was 25 credit hours – about two thirds more than normal. He was graduated with a BSME (mechanical engineering) in 1958. Both his parents, Virgil and Ruth Rabbe Hager, were 1928 Purdue alumni. Hager earned his MBA at Harvard in 1960, and subsequently served in the United States Army, rising to the rank of captain.
Hager married Margaret Dickinson "Maggie" Chase on February 27, 1971; with whom he has two sons, John (b. 1973) and Henry (b. 1978). Hager's younger son, Henry, married former President George W. Bush's daughter, Jenna on May 10, 2008 at her parents' Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas.
In 1973 he contracted polio when his son was vaccinated for the disease with live virus vaccine. As a result, he uses a nonmotorized wheelchair for daily ambulation – and competes in wheelchair races.
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