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.

2015年5月6日 · 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. He never relied on them more than the day in 1989 when he told those who had elected him speaker that he was prepared to resign after being accused of ...

2015年5月7日 · Jim Wright, who died Wednesday at the age of 92, served as speaker of the House for just one full Congress and five months, from January 6, 1987, to June 6, 1989. Yet this brief reign marked a...

2015年5月6日 · 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. He...

2015年5月6日 · Former House Speaker Jim Wright of Texas in 2005. He died Wednesday at the age of 92. Jim Wright occupies a kind of shadow territory in Washington memory. He rose to be speaker of the House,...

2015年5月6日 · 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...

James Claude Wright, Jr. (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015) was an American politician from Texas. [1] He served for 34 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the Speaker of the House from 1987 to 1989.

2015年5月6日 · 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...

“The whole House mourns the passing of Speaker Jim Wright of the state of Texas. We remember Speaker Wright today for his lifelong commitment to public service,” House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement. Wright was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on December 22, 1922. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

2022年11月17日 · James Claude “Jim” Wright, Jr., served in the U. S. House of Representatives for thirty-four years, from 1955, during Sam Rayburn’s long tenure as speaker of the House, to 1989, during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. Wright built a reputation for being one of the House’s most able orators, crafty legislators, and strongest leaders.