Thomas Stephen Foley was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represented Washington's fifth district for thirty years (1965–1995). He was the first Speaker of the House in over a century since Galusha Grow in 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign.
Tom Foley
Official congressional portrait of Foley
Official portrait as chairman of the Agriculture Committee
Washington's 5th congressional district
Washington's 5th congressional district encompasses the Eastern Washington counties of Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin, along with parts of Adams and Franklin. It is centered on Spokane, the state's second largest city.
Image: J. Stanley Webster (Washington state Congressman and Judge)
Image: Samuel Billingsley Hill (Washington state Congressman and judge)
Image: Charles H Leavy
Image: Walt Horan