Jim Wright
James Claude Wright, Jr. (December 22,1922 - May 6,2015) was an American politician from Texas. He served for 34 years in the U. S. House of Representatives and was the Speaker of the House from 1987 to 1989. Wright resigned from the House in 1989 because of a scandal.
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Other websites
View Photos from the Jim Wright Collection from Weatherford College, hosted by the Portal to Texas History
The Jim Wright Scandal
Media Watch comparison of the treatment of the Meese and Wright resignations
Stories I Never Told the Speaker, by Wright' s Chief of Staff Marshall Lynam
1922 births
2015 deaths
Cancer deaths in Texas
Deaths from oral cancer
Speakers of the United States House of Representatives
United States representatives from Texas
Politicians from Fort Worth, Texas
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
20th-century American politicians
Majority leaders of the United States House of Representatives