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James Claude Wright Jr. (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 1955 to 1989.
May 6, 2015 · DALLAS (AP) — As a member of what he called “the people’s house” for more than a generation, Texas Democrat Jim Wright was known for his rich oratorical skills in the U.S. House.
May 6, 2015 · Jim Wright, a driven Texas Democrat who rose to the pinnacle of congressional power before ethics charges forced his resignation as speaker of the House in 1989, died on Wednesday in Fort Worth...
May 6, 2015 · Jim Wright, the Texas Democrat who spent three decades rising to speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives only to lose his seat in a bitter debate over his ethics, has died. He was 92.
May 6, 2015 · DALLAS (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright, the longtime Texas Democrat who became the first House speaker in the nation’s history to be driven out of office in midterm, has died at age 92.
May 6, 2015 · Jim Wright, a Texas Democrat who served as speaker from 1987 to 1989, resigned amid ethics charges. He was a confidant of Lyndon B. Johnson and a mediator in the Middle East and Central America.
May 6, 2015 · Jim Wright occupies a kind of shadow territory in Washington memory. He rose to be speaker of the House, arguably the second most powerful job in the country. For a season he...
