Tom Foley
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Thomas Stephen Foley was an American lawyer, diplomat, 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,
Official congressional portrait of Foley
Official portrait as chairman of the Agriculture Committee
Jim Wright
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James Claude Wright Jr. was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as
Wright in the 1980s
Wright at the Capitol in December 1976
Speaker Wright, 1991; Oil portrait by Marshall Bouldin III.