Tip O'Neill

Tip O'Neill
55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office January 4, 1977 – January 3, 1987
President	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Carl Albert
Succeeded by	Jim Wright
House Majority Leader
In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977
Deputy	John J. McFall
Preceded by	Hale Boggs
Succeeded by	Jim Wright
House Majority Whip
In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973
Leader	Hale Boggs
Preceded by	Hale Boggs
Succeeded by	John J. McFall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th district
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by	Torbert Macdonald
Succeeded by	Joseph P. Kennedy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th district
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	John F. Kennedy
Succeeded by	James A. Burke
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1949–1953
Preceded by	Frederick Willis
Succeeded by	Charles Gibbons
Minority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1947–1949
Preceded by	John E. Flaherty
Succeeded by	Charles Gibbons
Personal details
Born	Thomas Phillip O'Neill (1912-12-09)December 9, 1912 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died	January 5, 1994(1994-01-05) (aged 81) Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Mildred Anne Miller
Children	Thomas Christopher Susan Rosemary
Alma mater	Boston College

Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

O'Neill was an outspoken liberal Democrat and influential member of the House of Representatives, serving for 34 years and representing two congressional districts in Massachusetts.

He served as Speaker of the House from 1977 until his retirement in 1987, making him the only Speaker to serve for five complete consecutive Congresses, and the second longest-serving Speaker in U.S. history after Sam Rayburn. O'Neill retired from Congress in 1987 but remained active in public life.

O'Neill died of cardiac arrest on January 5, 1994.

Other websites

Media related to Tip O'Neill at Wikimedia Commons

• George Bush Presidential Library and Museum - Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom Awards Archived 2011-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Biographer John A. Farrell's remarks on Tip O'Neill at congressional forum on the Speaker
• Links to searchable version and opening chapter on Tip's boyhood from Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century
• Booknotes interview with Gary Hymel on All Politics Is Local and Other Rules of the Game, January 23, 1994. Archived November 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
• Booknotes interview with John Farrell on Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century, May 20, 2001. Archived November 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
• "Famous folks from Cambridge: Tip O'Neill". Boston.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.