Jim Wright

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives human politician

Jim Wright was an American Democratic politician from Texas who served as a powerful congressional leader and later Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1980s.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → human → politician →
awardReceived	Air Medal → Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) →
birthName	James Claude Wright Jr. →
causeOfDeath	complications from a fall →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1922-12-22 →
dateOfDeath	2015-05-06 →
describedBySource	United States Congressional Biographical Directory →
educatedAt	University of Texas at Austin → Weatherford College →
endTime	1989-06-06 →
ethnicGroup	White American →
familyName	Wright →
givenName	Jim →
holdsPosition	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1987–1989) →
legislativeBody	Texas House of Representatives → United States House of Representatives →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
militaryBranch	United States Army Air Forces →
militaryRank	captain →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	Balance of Power → Reflections of a Public Man →
occupation	author → military officer → politician →
officeContested	United States Senate from Texas →
placeOfBirth	Fort Worth, Texas, United States →
placeOfDeath	Fort Worth, Texas, United States →
positionHeld	Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives → Mayor of Weatherford, Texas → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → United States representative → member of the Texas House of Representatives →
precededBy	Tip O'Neill →
religion	Baptist →
representedDistrict	Texas's 12th congressional district →
residence	Fort Worth, Texas, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Betty Wright →
startTime	1987-01-06 →
succeededBy	Tom Foley →
workLocation	Fort Worth, Texas, United States → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
95th United States Congress →	houseMajorityLeader
101st United States Congress →	speakerOfTheHouse
Tip O'Neill →	succeededBy