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Who were the federal speakers of the house during the nineteen sixties through the nineteen nineties

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The Federal Speakers of the House during the nineteen sixties through the nineteen nineties were:

  • 1960s:
  1. Sam Rayburn (D-TX) - served as Speaker from 1955 to 1961, and again from 1963 until his death in 1961.
  2. John McCormack (D-MA) - served as Speaker from 1962 to 1971.
  • 1970s:
  1. Carl Albert (D-OK) - served as Speaker from 1971 to 1977.
  2. Tip O'Neill (D-MA) - served as Speaker from 1977 to 1987.
  • 1980s:
  1. Tip O'Neill (D-MA) - served as Speaker from 1977 to 1987.
  2. Jim Wright (D-TX) - served as Speaker from 1987 to 1989.
  3. Tom Foley (D-WA) - served as Speaker from 1989 to 1995.
  • 1990s:
  1. Tom Foley (D-WA) - served as Speaker from 1989 to 1995.
  2. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) - served as Speaker from 1995 to 1999.

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