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  1. 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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  2. Oct 18, 2013 · US House Speaker Tom Foley and his wife Heather in Washington on November 7, 1994 photo. ... In "Honor in the House," the biography he co-wrote with his longtime press secretary, Jeff Biggs, Foley ...

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  4. Oct 18, 2013 · By ALAN FRAM and DAVID AMMONS. 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. His wife, Heather, said the former speaker had suffered the stroke last ...

  5. 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, confirmed ...

  6. Oct 19, 2013 · Former U.S. House Speaker Tom Foley died at his home in Washington, D.C., his wife Heather confirmed Friday. Foley, 84, was a Democrat who represented Washington state in the House for 30 years ...

  7. Oct 18, 2013 · Former House Speaker Tom Foley has died. The Washington Democrat spent 30 years in the House until he lost his seat in the 1995 Republican revolution. He went on to serve as ambassador to Japan ...

  8. Oct 18, 2013 · Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley has died at 84.Foley, a Washington state lawmaker, served as speaker from 1989-1994. In that year, dubbed the “Republican Revolution,” he became the first ...

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