Tip O'Neill

Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

O'Neill was an outspoken liberal Democrat and influential member of the House of Representatives, serving for 34 years and representing two congressional districts in Massachusetts.

He served as Speaker of the House from 1977 until his retirement in 1987, making him the only Speaker to serve for five complete consecutive Congresses, and the second longest-serving Speaker in U.S. history after Sam Rayburn. O'Neill retired from Congress in 1987 but remained active in public life. 

O'Neill died of cardiac arrest on January 5, 1994.

References

Other websites

George Bush Presidential Library and Museum - Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom Awards 
Biographer John A. Farrell's remarks on Tip O'Neill at congressional forum on the Speaker
Links to searchable version and opening chapter on Tip's boyhood from Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century
Booknotes interview with Gary Hymel on All Politics Is Local and Other Rules of the Game, January 23, 1994. 
Booknotes interview with John Farrell on Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century, May 20, 2001. 

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Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Category:United States representatives from Massachusetts
Category:Speakers of the United States House of Representatives
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Category:20th-century American politicians
Category:Members of the Massachusetts General Court
Category:Majority leaders of the United States House of Representatives