Tom Foley
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49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives |
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In office June 6, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
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| President |
George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Jim Wright |
| Succeeded by | Newt Gingrich |
| United States Ambassador to Japan | |
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In office November 19, 1997 – April 1, 2001 |
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| President |
Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Walter Mondale |
| Succeeded by | Howard Baker |
| Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | |
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In office January 16, 1996 – November 19, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Warren Rudman (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Warren Rudman |
| House Majority Leader | |
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In office January 3, 1987 – June 6, 1989 |
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| Leader | Jim Wright |
| Preceded by | Jim Wright |
| Succeeded by | Dick Gephardt |
| House Majority Whip | |
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In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
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| Leader | Tip O'Neill |
| Preceded by | John Brademas |
| Succeeded by | Tony Coelho |
| Chair of the House Agriculture Committee | |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | William Poage |
| Succeeded by | Kika de la Garza |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Walt Horan |
| Succeeded by | George Nethercutt |
| Personal details | |
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Thomas Stephen Foley March 6, 1929 Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | October 18, 2013 (aged 84) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Heather Strachan |
| Education |
Gonzaga University University of Washington, Seattle (BA, JD) |
Thomas Stephen "Tom" 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, representing Washington's 5th congressional district as a Democrat from 1965 to 1995.
Foley was the first Speaker of the House since 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign. He served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton.
Foley was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Helen Marie (née Higgins), a school teacher, and Ralph E. Foley, a Superior Court Judge. He was of Irish Catholic descent. In 1946, he graduated from the Jesuit-run Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane. He went on to attend Gonzaga University in Spokane and the University of Washington in Seattle, the latter awarding him a law degree in 1957.
Following law school, Foley entered private practice. In 1958, he began working in the Spokane County prosecutor's office as a deputy prosecuting attorney, and later taught at Gonzaga University School of Law (in Spokane) from 1958 to 1959. In 1961, he joined the Washington Attorney General's office as an assistant attorney general.
In 1961, Foley moved to Washington, D.C., and joined the staff of Senator Henry Jackson, the then-Democratic Senator From Washington. He left Jackson's employ in 1964 at his urging to run for Congress.
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