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'''Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr.''' (1912-1994) was the [[Speaker of the House]] from 1977-1987, preceding [[James Wright]] and succeeding [[Carl Bert Albert]].  

'''Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr.''' (1912-1994) was the [[Speaker of the House]] from 1977-1987, preceding [[James Wright]] and succeeding [[Carl Bert Albert]].  

He is most famous both for being one of the longest serving Speakers and as a highly influential leader of the liberal Democrats in Congress in the days of [[Ronald Reagan]]. He served as Congressman from Cambridge and the Boston suburbs, 1953-87.

He is most famous both for being one of the longest serving Speakers and as a highly influential leader of the liberal Democrats in Congress in the days of [[Ronald Reagan]]. He served as Congressman from Cambridge and the Boston suburbs, 1953-87.

==Career==

==Career==

* Farrell, John A. ''Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century.'' (2001), a scholarly biography

* Farrell, John A. ''Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century.'' (2001), a scholarly biography

* O'Neill, Thomas P. with William Novak. ''Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill''. (1987).  

* O'Neill, Thomas P. with William Novak. ''Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill''. (1987).  

 

[[Category:Reagan Era]]

[[Category:Reagan Era]]

[[Category:Liberals]]

[[Category:Liberals]]