Speaker of the House 101st, 102nd, and 103rd Congresses
FOLEY, Thomas Stephen, a Representative
from Washington; born in Spokane, Wash., March 6, 1929; graduated from Gonzaga
High School in 1946; graduated, University of Washington, A.B., 1951; graduated,
University of Washington Law School, J.D., 1957; was admitted to the bar in 1957
and began the practice of law in Spokane, Wash.; appointed deputy prosecuting
attorney, Spokane County, in 1958; instructor in constitutional law, Gonzaga
University Law School, 1958-1959; appointed assistant attorney general, State of
Washington, in 1960; assistant chief clerk and special counsel of the Committee
on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Senate, 1961-1963; elected
as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1965-January 3, 1995); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
One Hundred Fourth Congress; chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Ninety-fourth
through Ninety-sixth Congresses); majority whip (Ninety-seventh through
Ninety-ninth Congresses); majority leader (One Hundredth and One Hundred First
Congresses); Speaker of the House of Representatives (One Hundred First through
One Hundred Third Congresses); appointed Ambassador to Japan in 1997.
-- Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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US China Trade 1784-2009
The United Colonies 1st
government began in a Philadelphia Tavern
and the United States 1st federal government ended in a
NYC Tavern!
The Founders convened the government in 11 different capitol buildings and
experienced 15 years of challenges that
included war,
hyper-inflation, a failed
constitution, judicial corruption, armed citizen and U.S. Army rebellions.
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