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Tom Foley

1929 - 2013

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Thomas Stephen Foley (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 fifth district for thirty years (1965–1995). He was the first Speaker of the House in over a century since Galusha Grow in 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign Born in Spokane, Washington, Foley attended Gonzaga University and pursued a legal career, after graduating from the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle. He joined the staff of Senator Henry M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Foley has received more than 889,330 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Foley is the 16,310th most popular politician (down from 14,259th in 2019), the 12,181st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,224th in 2019) and the 816th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tom Foley ranks 16,310 out of 15,577Before him are Bert Koenders, John Kennedy, Alberto Vaquina, Jussi Halla-aho, Nikolay Merkushkin, and Kay Bailey Hutchison. After him are Rustem Khamitov, Andrea Bargnani, John Redmond, Dolkun Isa, Dominique Voynet, and Ali Mohammed Ghedi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Tom Foley ranks 460Before him are Peter Sculthorpe, John Conyers, Ronnie Allen, Ian Stewart, Alfredo Lim, and King Moody. After him are William Safire, Ronnie Barker, John Davies, George Clayton Johnson, Edith Windsor, and Shirley Ann Grau. Among people deceased in 2013, Tom Foley ranks 445Before him are Mary Ellen Rudin, Ann C. Crispin, Sharon Stouder, Patricia Blair, Islam Bibi, and Allen Lanier. After him are Frank Lautenberg, Stuart Williams, Kofi Awoonor, Lee Thompson Young, Zelmo Beaty, and Allan Simonsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Foley ranks 12,181 out of 18,182Before him are John Kennedy (1951), Gary Collins (1938), Criss Oliva (1963), Bonnie Rotten (1993), Allen Lanier (1946), and Kay Bailey Hutchison (1943). After him are Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924), Chi Chi LaRue (1959), Susan Seidelman (1952), French Stewart (1964), Sinnamon Love (1973), and Allison Hayes (1930).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Tom Foley ranks 816Before him are Paul Tsongas (1941), Daniel Manning (1831), George S. Boutwell (1818), Ralph Northam (1959), John Kennedy (1951), and Kay Bailey Hutchison (1943). After him are Smith Thompson (1768), Frank Lautenberg (1924), John Hickenlooper (1952), Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772), George Clymer (1739), and Alexander Martin (1740).