James Claude Wright
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James Claude Wright
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Personal
Born: December 22, 1922; Fort Worth, Texas
Education: public schools for Fort Worth and Dallas; attended Weatherford (TX) College, 1939-40; University of Texas, 1940-41
Career Highlights
- Enlisted, U.S. Army Air Force, 1941; commissioned 1942
- Flew combat missions in South Pacific
- Winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross
- Texas state house of representatives, 1947-49
- Mayor, Weatherford, TX, 1950-54
- U.S. House of Representatives, 1958-89
- House Majority Leader, 1977-87
- Speaker of the House, 1987-89
Fun Facts!
- Forced from the Speakership under an ethics cloud, largely driven (some would say "manufactured") by Newt Gingrich, then a Republican backbencher -- it was this deliberate effort to discredit Wright that first raised Gingrich into the national spotlight
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