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

'''Thomas P. "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. [[File:Tiponeill.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

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==

O'Neill came from a working class [[Catholic Irish]] family, and always stayed cloe to his roots in the neighborhoods. He greaduated from Boston College in 1936 and immediately plunged into state politics with election to the legislature. After a 16-year career in the state legislature, O'Neill was elected to replace [[John F. Kennedy]] in Congress when Kennedy moved to the Senate in 1952. O'Neill was an astute backstage politician who was famous for negotiating deals in general, with little interest in any specific programs.

O'Neill came from a working class [[Catholic Irish]] family, and always stayed cloe to his roots in the neighborhoods. He greaduated from Boston College in 1936 and immediately plunged into state politics with election to the legislature. After a 16-year career in the state legislature, O'Neill was elected to replace [[John F. Kennedy]] in Congress when Kennedy moved to the Senate in 1952. O'Neill was an astute backstage politician who was famous for negotiating deals in general, with little interest in any specific programs.