Thomas Stephen Foley, KBE (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) 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 5th congressional district as from 1965 to 1995.
 Foley was the first Speaker of the House since 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign.
The political positions of Paul Ryan, since 1999 the U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district and currently the 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, are generally conservative, with a focus on fiscal policy.
 Ryan was Chairman of the House Budget Committee from 2011 to 2015 and of Ways and Means in 2015.
 Ryan was the Republican nominee for Vice President as the running mate of Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood (30 March 1950 – 6 November 2011) was a British political consultant, and former advertising executive, closely linked to the Labour Party.
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, representing northern Boston, Massachusetts as a Democrat from 1953 to 1987.
 The only Speaker to serve for five complete consecutive Congresses, he is the third longest-serving Speaker in American history after Sam Rayburn and Henry Clay.
Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American politician who served as the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955; he represented the district covering North Attleborough, Massachusetts.
 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 New Deal and supported the conservative coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats, especially on opposing labor unions.
Joseph Gaylord is a political consultant formerly closely linked to former U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
 He was executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee in the mid-1980s and worked for GOPAC, a political action committee which was "Gingrich's main vehicle for the long campaign that in 1994 resulted in the Republican takeover of the House after years of Democratic domination."
 Gaylord was one of the people behind the Contract With America that won the Republican Party control of the United States Congress in the 1994 midterm elections.
John Nance Garner IV (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Texas.
 He was the 39th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933.
 He was also the 32nd Vice President of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941.
 Along with Schuyler Colfax, Garner is one of two individuals to serve as Vice President of the United States and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Theodore Medad Pomeroy (December 31, 1824 – March 23, 1905) was an American businessman and politician from New York who served as the 26th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from March 3, 1869, to March 4, 1869, the shortest American speakership term in history.
 He represented New York's 24th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1869.
 He also served as the mayor of Auburn, New York, from 1875 to 1876, and in the New York State Senate from 1878 to 1879.
The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) is a Super PAC dedicated to electing Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives.
 The Super PAC, which is closely linked to former House Speaker John Boehner and House GOP leadership, was founded in 2011 and spent nearly $10 million in the 2012 cycle electing Republican candidates.
 Following Boehner's resignation from the U.S. Congress and the election of Paul D. Ryan as Speaker of the House, Congressional Leadership Fund has become closely linked to Ryan.
 The Super PAC is currently headed by Corwin Albert "Corry" Bliss who serves as Executive Director to both CLF and the linked American Action Network.
Newton Leroy Gingrich ( ; born Newton Leroy McPherson; June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author from the state of Georgia who served as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999.
 He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican from 1979 until his resignation in 1999.
 In 2012, Gingrich was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination.

Question: In the mid-1980s, which political consultant was closely linked to the future 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives?
Answer: Joseph Gaylord