Joseph W. Martin Jr.

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American politician Republican Party politician Speaker of the United States House of Representatives human member of the United States House of Representatives

Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → Republican Party politician → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → human → member of the United States House of Representatives →
birthPlace	North Attleborough, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
country	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathPlace	North Attleborough, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
employer	North Attleborough Chronicle →
familyName	Martin →
gender	male →
givenName	Joseph →
hasHonorificSuffix	Jr. →
hasTitle	Speaker Martin →
ideology	conservatism →
languageSpoken	English →
legislativeBody	Massachusetts House of Representatives → United States House of Representatives →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party (United States) →
nativeOf	Massachusetts →
notableFor	leading House Republicans during the New Deal era → serving as Speaker during the 80th and 83rd Congresses →
notableRole	key Republican congressional leader in the mid-20th century → opponent of parts of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal →
notableWork	leadership of the House Republican Conference →
occupation	newspaper editor → politician →
officeContested	Governor of Massachusetts →
partyLeadershipRole	House Republican Leader →
positionHeld	Chair of the Republican National Committee → Chair of the Republican National Convention → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts → Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
representedCongressionalDistrict	Massachusetts 14th congressional district → Massachusetts 15th congressional district →
residence	North Attleborough, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
sphereOfActivity	journalism → politics →
stateRepresented	Massachusetts →
workLocation	Boston, Massachusetts → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
85th United States Congress →	HouseMinorityLeader
Charles A. Halleck →	partnerInGovernmentWith
80th United States Congress →	speakerOfTheHouse