# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-roskam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:03:18.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-roskam"
name: "Peter Roskam"
slug: "peter-roskam"
description: "Peter James Roskam is an American politician and lobbyist who is the former U.S. representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district, serving six terms from 2007 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and served as the chief deputy majority whip from 2011 to 2014, ranking fourth among House Republican leaders. Previously, he served in the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives. He served as chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy for the 115th Congress. Roskam was defeated by Democrat Sean Casten in the 2018 election. In 2023, he was named federal policy head of the lobbying practice at Washington, DC–based law firm BakerHostetler. In January 2025, he was elected chairman of National Endowment for Democracy's board of directors."
tagline: "American politician (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_J._Roskam_113th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.10407066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 496
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/peterroskam"
    handle:    "peterroskam"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RepRoskam"
    handle:    "RepRoskam"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk8IZKV_RC1Wr-dh09kzVTw"
    handle:    "@peterroskam"
    followers: 496
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    title: "彼得·羅斯卡姆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيتر روسكام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Roskam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پتر روساکم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Roskam"
    title: "Peter Roskam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "פיטר רוסקאם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Roskam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Roskam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Roskam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Roskam"
    title: "Peter Roskam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Roskam"
    title: "Peter Roskam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пітер Роскам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump