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Sep 17, 2023 · In their book Tom Foley: The Man in the Middle (University Press of Kansas), authors R. Kenton Bird and John C. Pierce write of the man from Spokane: “He was inclusive, bipartisan and committed to cooperation, comity, evenhandedness, and institutional effectiveness of the legislative process.”. Foley did so in the face of growing ...
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Oct 18, 2013 · Oct 18, 2013 6:33 PM EDT. Leave your feedback. Story Transcript. Tom Foley, former speaker of the House and long-time Democratic congressman, has died at the age of 84. Congressional...
Oct 18, 2013 · Updated 9:45 AM PDT, October 18, 2013. WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Foley, the courtly former speaker of the U.S. House who lost his seat when Republicans seized control of Congress in 1994, has died of complications from a stroke. He was 84.
Apr 19, 2022 · In 1994, after 30 years in Congress, he was defeated by George Nethercutt in a Republican wave election. Clayton says the documentary is the first of two media projects that will bring Foley back into the political spotlight. He says a biography about Foley is due out within the next year.
Oct 18, 2013 · AP Photo WASHINGTON -- Tom Foley, the courtly former speaker of the U.S. House who lost his seat when Republicans seized control of Congress in 1994, has died of complications from a stroke. He...
Oct 18, 2013 · Ron Edmonds /AP. Former House Speaker Tom Foley, who led the chamber from 1989 to 1995, has died, according to his family. He was 84. The Associated Press says Foley's wife, Heather,...
Tom Foley was born on March 16, 1929, in Spokane, Washington. His father, Ralph E. Foley, was a lawyer who was Spokane County prosecutor in the 1930s before becoming a superior-court judge for 35 years, the longest tenure in Washington state history. His mother was Helen Marie Higgins.
