| Jim Wright  AKA James Claude Wright, Jr.
Born: 22-Dec-1922
Birthplace: Fort Worth, TX
Died: 6-May-2015
Location of death: Fort Worth, TX
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Congressman from Texas, 1955-89 Military service: US Army Air Corps (WWII) Father: James Claude Wright, Sr.
Mother: Marie Lyster
Wife: Mab (div. 1969, four children)
Wife: Betty Hay Wright (m. 1972, until his death)
High School: (Dallas, TX)
University: Weatherford College, Weatherford, TX (1939-40)
University: University of Texas (1940-41)
Professor: Texas Christian University
Speaker of the US House (1987-89)
US Congressman, Texas 12th (3-Jan-1955 to 30-Jun-1989, resigned)
Mayor of Weatherford, TX (1950-54)
Texas State House of Representatives (1947-49)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Book Reviewer
Caring Institute Board of Trustees (Honorary)
Coalition for a Democratic Majority Advisory Board
Order of DeMolay Ft. Worth, TX (1939)
National Leadership PAC
Distinguished Flying Cross
Legion of Merit
Traveled to the USSR Apr-1987
House Banking Scandal 138 overdrawn checks
Risk Factors: Smoking
Is the subject of books:
The Ambition and the Power: The Fall of Jim Wright: A True Story of Washington, 1989, BY: John Barry, DETAILS: (nonfiction)
Author of books:
Reflections of a Public Man (1984, memoir)
Balance of Power: Presidents and Congress from the Era of McCarthy to the Age of Gingrich (1996, nonfiction)
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