The rise of the accidental Speaker: Tom Foley's ascent is kismet. But will fate help him rule the House.

U.S. News & World Report | June 5, 1989| | Copyright

On the very day it became clear that Thomas Stephen Foley would soon be elevated to the pinnacle of his career as Speaker of the House, he was oddly preoccupied. He had planned to fly to Washington State to deliver a eulogy for former Senator Warren Magnuson, even sending his dark-blue "funeral suit" to be pressed at lunchtime for the evening trip. But after a series of private, solemn sessions with other House leaders about Jim Wright's fate, the majority leader was not so sure he should leave. Magnuson was someone he had respected, the leader of a state political dynasty. ...

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