serviceyears branch death_date birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place leader imagesize profession resting_place_coordinates battles order speaker term_start image rank name resting_place deputy predecessor birth_place president party office floor_leader successor article_title birth_name
1941-1946 united states army 4 february 2000 10 may 1908 january 10 , 1962 january 3 , 1977 3 , 1977 january 3 , 1971 january university of oklahoma st peter 's college , oxford mcalester , oklahoma john william mccormack 200px lawyer 34.92774 park -95.74444 type : landmark inline oak hill memorial world war ii 54th the u.s. house of representatives from oklahoma 's 3rd district house majority leader house majority whip member of john william mccormack january 3 , 1955 january 3 , 1947 21 , 1971 january 10 , 1962 january spiker albert.jpg lieutenant colonel carl albert oak hill memorial park hale boggs john paul stewart william mccormack john william mccormack leslie c. arends mcalester , oklahoma richard nixon gerald ford democratic speaker of the united states house of representatives hale -rrb- boggs -lrb- 1971-1973 -rrb- tip o'neill -lrb- 1973-1977 tip o'neill hale boggs hale boggs wes watkins carl albert
 carl bert albert
carl albert

carl bert albert -lrb- may 10 , 1908 -- february 4 , 2000 -rrb- was a lawyer and a democratic american politician from oklahoma .
albert represented a southeastern oklahoma congressional district as a democrat for 30 years , starting in 1947 .
he is best known for his service as speaker of the united states house of representatives from 1971 to 1977 .
at 5 feet 4 inches tall , albert was often affectionately known as the `` little giant from little dixie '' , and held the highest political office of any oklahoman in american history .
