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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Washington / USThomas Stephen FOLEY
(1929- )
FOLEY, Thomas Stephen, a
Representative from Washington; born in Spokane, Wash., March 6,
1929; graduated from Gonzaga High School, Spokane, Wash., 1946;
A.B., University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 1951; J.D.,
University of Washington Law School, 1957; lawyer, private
practice; appointed deputy prosecuting attorney, Spokane County,
Wash., 1958; professor, Gonzaga University Law School, Spokane,
Wash., 1958-1959; appointed assistant attorney general, State of
Washington, 1960; assistant chief clerk and special counsel of the
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States
Senate, 1961-1963; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to
the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3,
1995); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred
Fourth Congress; chair, Committee on Agriculture (Ninety-fourth
through Ninety-sixth Congresses); majority whip (Ninety-seventh
through Ninety-ninth Congresses); majority leader (One Hundredth
and One Hundred First Congresses); Speaker of the House of
Representatives (One Hundred First through One Hundred Third
Congresses); awarded the title Knight Commander of the British
Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1995; Ambassador to Japan,
1997-2001.
Bibliography
Biggs, Jeffrey R., and Thomas S. Foley. Honor in the House:
Speaker Tom Foley. Foreword by Mike Mansfield. Pullman:
Washington State University Press, 1999.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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