Joseph W. Martin Jr.
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Joseph William Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician who served as the 44th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955. He represented a House
Martin in 1940
Martin early in his congressional career
Martin and Sam Rayburn at the U.S. Capitol
The gravesite of Speaker Martin
The 1958 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 86th United States Congress. They were held fo
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
…1925 to 1967 and was the leader of House Republicans from 1939 until 1959, when he was ousted from leadership after the party's disastrous losses in the 1958 elections. He was the only Republican to serve as Speaker in a sixty-four year period from 1931 to 1995. He was a "compassionate conservative" who opposed the…
Sam Rayburn