Roger P. McAuliffe (July 6, 1938 – July 5, 1996), was a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives. He served from 1973 until his death in 1996 - a total of 12 consequent terms in the Illinois General Assembly, and was also elected eight times as Republican Ward Committeeman of Chicago's 38th Ward. A member of Chicago's 38th Ward regular Republican organization since the late 1950s, he was an army veteran who lost the ward's aldermanic election in 1963. A long-time top Chicago Republican precinct captain, McAuliffe succeeded William J. Murray as 38th Ward Republican Ward Committeeman, in a special organization election (voted on by the 38th Ward's 73 Republican precinct captains), following Murray's death in December, 1968. In November, 1972, Roger Philip McAuliffe was elec