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Albert</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-May-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/991/000047850/"><font size=-1>William Brockman Bankhead</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Apr-1874</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Sep-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the US House, 1936-40</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/940/000180400/"><font size=-1>Philip Pendleton Barbour</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Judge</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-May-1783</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1841</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Supreme Court Justice, 1836-41</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/378/000032282/"><font size=-1>John Boehner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Nov-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the US House, 2011-15</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000112977/"><font size=-1>Joseph Gurney Cannon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-May-1836</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Nov-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the House, 1903-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/428/000209798/"><font size=-1>John G. Carlisle</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Sep-1834</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jul-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/064/000206443/"><font size=-1>Champ Clark</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Mar-1850</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Mar-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the US House, 1911-19</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/124/000206503/"><font size=-1>Howell Cobb</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1815</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Oct-1868</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman, Governor, Treasury Secretary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/544/000056376/"><font size=-1>Tom Foley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Oct-2013</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the House, 1989-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/358/000054196/"><font size=-1>John Nance Garner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Nov-1868</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Nov-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Vice President, 1933-41</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/460/000172941/"><font size=-1>Frederick H. Gillett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Oct-1851</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jul-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the House, 1919-25</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/487/000024415/"><font size=-1>Newt Gingrich</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jun-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the House, 1995-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/150/000026072/"><font size=-1>Dennis Hastert</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the House, 1999-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/150/000115802/"><font size=-1>Nicholas Longworth</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Apr-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Ohio, 1903-31</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/083/000119723/"><font size=-1>Joseph W. Martin, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Nov-1884</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Massachusetts, 1925-67</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/093/000119733/"><font size=-1>John W. McCormack</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Dec-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Nov-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the House, 1962-70</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/428/000024356/"><font size=-1>Tip O'Neill</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the House, 1977-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000030141/"><font size=-1>Nancy Pelosi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Mar-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the House, 2007-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/104/000049954/"><font size=-1>Samuel Jackson Randall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Oct-1828</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Apr-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the US House, 1876-81</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/355/000054193/"><font size=-1>Sam Rayburn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1882</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Nov-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the US House, 1940-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/692/000342663/"><font size=-1>Thomas B. Reed</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Oct-1839</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Dec-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the House, 1889-91 and 1895-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/298/000040178/"><font size=-1>Paul Ryan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jan-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the U.S. House</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/577/000050427/"><font size=-1>Robert Charles Winthrop</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-May-1809</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Nov-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Speaker of the 30th Congress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/932/000022866/"><font size=-1>Jim Wright</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Dec-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-May-2015</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Texas, 1955-89</td> </tr> </table> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=53172" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a><br><br><a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/340/000000340/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/340/340/s340.jpg" width=128><br><font size="-1" face="trebuchet ms">Yanqui UXO</font></a><br><br><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font></center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><b class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">Bibliographies</b><p>NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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