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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.
James Claude „Jim“ Wright, Jr. (* 22. Dezember 1922 in Fort Worth, Texas; † 6. Mai 2015 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Demokratischen Partei und Abgeordneter im Repräsentantenhaus der Vereinigten Staaten. Von 1987 bis 1989 war er Sprecher des Repräsentantenhauses.
Wright was first elected to the House in 1954. He was the Democratic majority leader for a decade, rising to the speakership in January 1987, to replace Tip O'Neill. Three House speakers had resigned in the nation's history before Wright stepped down.
6. Mai 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.
6. Mai 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.
6. Mai 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 challenged...
6. Mai 2015 · Jim Wright, a hard-driving 18-term Texas Democrat who, as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, expanded the influence of the office into foreign affairs before resigning from the House...
