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Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
Member of the; U.S. House of Representatives; from New York
	In office; January 3, 1987 – March 16, 2018
Preceded by	Fred J. Eckert
Succeeded by	Joseph D. Morelle (Elect)
Constituency	30th district (1987–1993); 28th district (1993–2013); 25th district (2013–present)
Chair of the House Rules Committee
	In office; January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	David Dreier
Succeeded by	David Dreier
Member of the New York State Assembly; from the 130th district
	In office; January 1, 1983 – December 31, 1986
Preceded by	Thomas A. Hanna
Succeeded by	Robert L. King
Personal details
Born	Dorothy Louise McIntosh; August 14, 1929; Lynch, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	March 16, 2018 (aged 88); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Robert Slaughter (1957–2014)
Children	3
Education	University of Kentucky (BS, MPH)

Dorothy Louise McIntosh Slaughter (August 14, 1929 – March 16, 2018) was an American politician. She was the 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.

Slaughter was the Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee from 2007 until 2011, and served as ranking minority member of the Committee (a post she also held from 2005 to 2007) from 2011 to 2018.^[1] From the 2017 retirement of Charles Rangel until her death, Slaughter was the dean of New York's House delegation. Slaughter was the oldest Member of the House of Representatives at the time of her death.

Slaughter died at a Washington, D.C. hospital of complications from a fall on March 16, 2018 at the age of 88.^[2]