Tip O'Neill

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Democratic Party politician Speaker of the United States House of Representatives human member of the United States House of Representatives politician

Tip O'Neill was a prominent American Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987 and became known for his staunch liberalism and opposition to Ronald Reagan's policies.

Aliases (2)

Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. ×1
Thomas Phillip O'Neill Jr. ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Democratic Party politician → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → human → member of the United States House of Representatives → politician →
almaMater	Boston College →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
birthName	Thomas Phillip O'Neill Jr. →
burialPlace	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States →
causeOfDeath	cardiac arrest →
coAuthorOf	Man of the House →
coAuthorWith	William Novak →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1912-12-09 →
dateOfDeath	1994-01-05 →
endTime	1987-01-03 →
ethnicGroup	Irish American →
famousQuote	All politics is local. →
givenName	Thomas →
honor	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
ideology	American liberalism →
knownFor	bipartisan negotiations with Ronald Reagan → defense of Social Security and social welfare programs → opposition to Ronald Reagan's domestic policies →
memberOf	United States House of Representatives →
militaryService	United States Army →
nickname	Tip →
notableWork	Man of the House (autobiography) →
numberOfChildren	5 →
officeEndForSpeaker	1987-01-03 →
officeStartForSpeaker	1977-01-04 →
placeOfBirth	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
politicalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
positionHeld	House Majority Leader → House Minority Leader → Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts → Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives →
precededBy	Carl Albert →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
represents	Massachusetts's 8th congressional district →
residence	North Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →
spouse	Mildred Anne Miller NERFINISHED →
startTime	1977-01-04 →
succeededBy	Jim Wright →
workedWith	Ronald Reagan →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
95th United States Congress → 96th United States Congress → 98th United States Congress ("Thomas P. O’Neill Jr.") →	speakerOfTheHouse
Tip O'Neill ("Thomas Phillip O'Neill Jr.") →	birthName
93rd United States Congress →	HouseMajorityLeader
92nd United States Congress →	houseMajorityLeader
Jim Wright →	precededBy