ONE HUNDRED AND ONE YEARS SINCE RICHARD NIXON WAS BORN

RICHARD M. NIXON 

January 9, 1913- April 22, 1994 

Speaker of the House of Representatives 

CARL ALBERT (left) and 

President RICHARD NIXON (right) 

in the White House 

FORMER SPEAKER JIM WRIGHT IS NINETY

JAMES C. WRIGHT, JR. 

b. December 22, 1922 

JIM WRIGHT (D-TX)  

in his Congressional Leadership Days 

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 

1955-1989 

Speaker, 1987-1989 

His Congressional Biography here 

IN HONOR OF THE CENTENNIAL OF TIP O'NEILL

THOMAS P. ("TIP") O'NEILL, JR. 

b. December 9, 1912 

TIP IN A TUX 

REDUX 

More Tip 

To be celebrated at the Kennedy Library 
December 9, 2012 

Video of the Kennedy Library Forum 
"Celebrating the Life of Tip O'Neill" 
here 

THOMAS P. ("TIP") O'NEILL, Jr., d. January 5, 1994

THOMAS P. O'NEILL, JR.

December 9, 1912-January 5, 1994

Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives

1977-1987

"TIP" RETIRES FROM

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARTIN TOLCHIN WRITES

ABOUT THE

SPEAKER IN RETIREMENT

"EX-SPEAKER O'NEILL:

A SALTY PAR FOR THE COURSE"

THE NEW YORK TIMES

August 28, 1987

For more Tip, see the labels below, and here

"NEWT INC.": NEWT GINGRICH IN THE MONEY. IN THE RACE?

"NEWT INC."

NEWT GINGRICH

IN THE MONEY?

Check.

IN THE RACE?

Says he will announce a decision on

a Republican presidential run

this month.

WHY DOES ANYBODY CARE?

Because he is winning the money primary.

So far.

According to the Washington Post, Gingrich "has outraised Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin and every other potential GOP candidate with a political committee...." (More Newt)

NEWT GINGRICH TURNS SIXTY-SEVEN

THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE

SHORT-TERM SPEAKER;

LONG-TERM PHENOMENON?

NEWT GINGRICH

b. June 17, 1943

Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives

January 4, 1995-January 3, 1999

Norman Ornstein's recent reflections on the former Republican Representative from Georgia: "Newt Gingrich's short tenure as speaker managed to redefine the office's modern role, centralizing and enhancing power in a fashion not seen since Joe Cannon early in the 20th century, while also helping to amplify the harsh partisan and ideological conflict that dominates congressional politics."

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