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{{Short description|American politician (1929–2013)}}
{{for-multi|the Connecticut gubernatorial candidate|Thomas C. Foley|other uses|Thomas Foley (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Tom Foley
| image               = Tom foley (cropped)(b).jpg
| office              = 25th [[United States Ambassador to Japan]]
| president           = [[Bill Clinton]]<br>[[George W. Bush]]
| term_start          = November 19, 1997
| term_end            = April 1, 2001
| predecessor         = [[Walter Mondale]]
| successor           = [[Howard Baker]]
| office1             = Chair of the [[President's Intelligence Advisory Board]]
| president1          = Bill Clinton
| term_start1         = January 16, 1996
| term_end1           = November 19, 1997
| predecessor1        = [[Warren Rudman]] (acting)
| successor1          = Warren Rudman
| office2             = 49th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]
| term_start2         = June 6, 1989
| term_end2           = January 3, 1995
| predecessor2        = [[Jim Wright]]
| successor2          = [[Newt Gingrich]]
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|House positions|titlestyle=border: 1px dashed lightgrey;}}
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| office3             = Leader of the [[House Democratic Caucus#Caucus Leader|House Democratic Caucus]]
| term_start3         = June 6, 1989
| term_end3           = January 3, 1995
| predecessor3        = Jim Wright
| successor3          = [[Dick Gephardt]]
| office4             = [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]]
| leader4             = Jim Wright
| term_start4         = January 3, 1987
| term_end4           = June 6, 1989
| predecessor4        = Jim Wright
| successor4          = Dick Gephardt
| office5             = [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Whip]]
| leader5             = [[Tip O'Neill]]
| term_start5         = January 3, 1981
| term_end5           = January 3, 1987
| predecessor5        = [[John Brademas]]
| successor5          = [[Tony Coelho]]
| office6             = Chair of the [[House Democratic Caucus]]
| leader6             = [[Tip O'Neill]]
| term_start6         = January 3, 1977
| term_end6           = January 3, 1981
| predecessor6        = [[Phillip Burton]]
| successor6          = [[Gillis William Long|Gillis Long]]
| office7             = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Agriculture|House Agriculture Committee]]
| term_start7         = January 3, 1975
| term_end7           = January 3, 1981
| predecessor7        = [[William Poage]]
| successor7          = [[Kika de la Garza]]
}}
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| state8              = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| district8           = {{ushr|WA|5|5th}}
| term_start8         = January 3, 1965
| term_end8           = January 3, 1995
| predecessor8        = [[Walt Horan]]
| successor8          = [[George Nethercutt]]
| birth_name          = Thomas Stephen Foley
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1929|3|6}}
| birth_place         = [[Spokane, Washington]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2013|10|18|1929|3|6}}
| death_place         = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Heather Strachan|1968}}
| education           = [[Gonzaga University]]<br>[[University of Washington]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| module              = {{Listen |pos=center |embed=yes |filename=Speaker Tom Foley on the Death of Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.ogg |title=Foley's voice |type=speech |description=Foley on the death of former First Lady [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]].<br>Recorded May 23, 1994}}
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'''Thomas Stephen Foley''' (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th [[speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] from 1989 to 1995. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], Foley represented Washington's [[Washington's 5th congressional district|fifth district]] for thirty years {{nowrap|(1965–1995).}} He was the first Speaker of the House in over a century since [[Galusha A. Grow|Galusha Grow]] in [[1862 and 1863 United States House of Representatives elections|1862]] to be defeated in a re-election campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Langer|first=Emily|date=2013-10-18|title=Thomas S. Foley, former House speaker, dies at 84|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/thomas-s-foley-former-house-speaker-dies-at-84/2013/10/18/7d2c7df4-380d-11e3-ae46-e4248e75c8ea_story.html|access-date=2022-01-26|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Post |first=The Washington Post {{!}} The Washington |date=2013-10-18 |title=Thomas Foley, reluctant but powerful leader, dies at 84 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2013/10/18/thomas-foley-reluctant-but-powerful-leader-dies-at-84/ |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref>

Born in [[Spokane, Washington]], Foley attended [[Gonzaga University]] and pursued a legal career, after graduating from the [[University of Washington School of Law]] in [[Seattle]]. He joined the staff of Senator [[Henry M. Jackson]], after working as a prosecutor and an assistant attorney general. With Jackson's support, Foley won election to the House of Representatives, defeating incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Congressman [[Walt Horan]]. He served as Majority Whip from 1981 to 1987, and as Majority Leader from 1987 to 1989. After the resignation of [[Jim Wright]], Foley became Speaker of the House.

Foley's district had become increasingly conservative during his tenure, but he won re-election throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. In the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1994|1994]] election, Foley faced attorney [[George Nethercutt]]. Nethercutt mobilized popular anger over Foley's opposition to [[Term limits in the United States|term limits]], leading to his defeat.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-10-18 |title=Thomas Foley, reluctant but powerful leader, dies at 84 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2013/10/18/thomas-foley-reluctant-but-powerful-leader-dies-at-84/ |access-date=2023-11-21 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |language=en-US}}</ref> After leaving the House, Foley served as the [[United States Ambassador to Japan]] from 1997 to 2001 under President [[Bill Clinton]].

==Early life, education, and legal career==
Born and raised in [[Spokane, Washington]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Foley - Oct. 18, 2013 {{!}} The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2013/oct/18/tom-foley/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.spokesman.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-01 |title=Review: "Tom Foley: The Man in the Middle" tells life of Democratic politician elected to a heavily Republican district |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/sep/01/review-of-tom-foley-the-man-in-the-middle/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}}</ref> Foley was the son of Helen Marie (née Higgins) {{nowrap|(1902–1990),}} a school teacher,<ref name=schsmad>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0lhYAAAAIBAJ&pg=6927%2C697058 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |location=Washington|title=House speaker's mother dies at 88 |date=January 5, 1990 |page=A1}}</ref> and Ralph E. Foley {{nowrap|(1900–1985),}} a Superior Court judge for 34 years.<ref name=rfobt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-VhWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5326%2C995372 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=(obituary) |title=Retired Judge Ralph Foley dead at 84 |date=April 17, 1985 |page=A10}}</ref> He was of [[Irish Catholic]] descent on both sides of his family;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8703 |title=Foley, Thomas S. (1929-2013) |publisher=HistoryLink.org |access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> his grandfather Cornelius Foley was a maintenance foreman for the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern]] railroad in {{nowrap|Spokane.<ref name=rfobt/>}}

Foley graduated from the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]]-run [[Gonzaga Preparatory School]] in Spokane in 1946 and attended [[Gonzaga University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gonzagabulletin.com/image_e19557a4-a81c-11e4-93ad-ef7020015e12.html|title=Tom Foley|date=January 29, 2015|access-date=July 25, 2018|publisher=The Gonzaga Bulletin|location=Spokane, Washington}}</ref> for three years; he completed his bachelor's degree at the [[University of Washington]] in Seattle, then attended its [[University of Washington School of Law|School of Law]] and was awarded a [[Juris Doctor]] degree in 1957.

Following law school, Foley entered private practice. In 1958, he began working in the [[Spokane County, Washington|Spokane County]] prosecutor's office as a deputy [[Prosecutor|prosecuting attorney]],<ref name=tf>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/ex-house-speaker-tom-foley-reigned-in-friendlier-political-era/|title=Ex-House Speaker Tom Foley reigned in friendlier political era|work=[[Seattle Times]]|date=October 19, 2013|access-date=September 22, 2015|last=Song|first=Kyung M.}}</ref> and later taught at Gonzaga's [[Gonzaga University School of Law|School of Law]] (in Spokane) from 1958 to 1959. He joined the [[Washington Attorney General|state attorney general]]'s office in 1961 as an assistant attorney general.<ref name=tf/>

In 1961, Foley moved to Washington, D.C., and joined the staff of Senator [[Henry M. Jackson]].<ref name=tf/> He left Jackson's office in 1964 to run for Congress.<ref name=tf/>

==Congressional service==
[[File:SpeakerFoley.jpg|thumb|Official congressional portrait of Foley]]
[[File:Thomas Stephen Foley.jpg|thumb|Official portrait as chairman of the Agriculture Committee]]

In 1964, Foley was unopposed for the Democratic nomination for Washington's [[Washington's 5th congressional district|5th congressional seat]],<ref name=hfeatv>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N49YAAAAIBAJ&pg=7282,3971166|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|title=Horan, Foley express appreciation to voters|date=September 16, 1964|page=5}}</ref> which included Spokane. He faced 11-term [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] incumbent [[Walt Horan]] in the [[1964 United States House of Representatives elections|general election]] and won by seven points, one of many swept into office in the [[1964 United States elections|1964 Democratic landslide]]. He was re-elected without significant difficulty until 1978, when in a 3-person race, he won only 48% of the vote. Two years later, he narrowly defeated Republican candidate John Sonneland (52% to 48%). Though the fifth district became increasingly conservative, Foley didn't face serious opposition again until his defeat in [[1994 United States House of Representatives elections|1994]]. Foley voted in favor of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=House – July 9, 1965|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=111|issue=12|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|pages=16285–16286|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt12/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt12-3-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – August 3, 1965|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=111|issue=14|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=19201|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt14/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt14-5-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> the [[Civil Rights Act of 1968]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=House – August 16, 1967|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=113|issue=17|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=22778|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt17/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt17-5-1.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – April 10, 1968|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=114|issue=8|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=9621|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1968-pt8/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1968-pt8-1-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> the [[Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day|bill]] establishing [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] as a [[Federal holidays in the United States|federal holiday]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/98-1983/h289|title=TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 3706, A BILL AMENDING TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE TO MAKE THE BIRTHDAY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED).}}</ref> and the [[Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987]] (as well as to override [[Ronald Reagan|President Reagan]]'s veto).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/100-1988/h506|title=TO PASS S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE THE BROAD COVERAGE AND CLARIFY FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY PROVIDING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION IS FEDERALLY- FUNDED, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/100-1988/h527|title=TO PASS, OVER PRESIDENT REAGAN'S VETO, S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE BROAD COVERAGE OF FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY DECLARING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE. VETO OVERRIDDEN; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.}}</ref>

During his first term in the House, Foley was appointed to the [[United States House Committee on Agriculture|Agriculture Committee]] and the [[United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs|Interior and Insular Affairs Committee]]. He served on the latter committee through 1975, when he became chairman of the Agriculture Committee. In 1981, when Foley was appointed [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Majority Whip]], he left the Agriculture Committee to serve on the House Administration Committee. Six years later, January 1987, he was elected House Majority Leader.

===Speaker of the House===
In June 1989, [[Jim Wright]] of [[Texas]] resigned as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (only the fourth speaker ever to resign) and from Congress amid a [[United States House Committee on Ethics|House Ethics Committee]] investigation into his personal business dealings.<ref>{{cite news| last=Smith| first=Timothy R.| date=May 6, 2015| title=Jim Wright, House speaker who resigned amid an ethics investigation, dies at 92| newspaper=The Washington Post| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jim-wright-texas-democrat-who-was-speaker-of-the-house-dies-at-92/2015/05/06/2b5d116c-f406-11e4-bcc4-e8141e5eb0c9_story.html| access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref> In the June 6 election to succeed Wright, Foley was the victor, receiving 251 votes; his Republican opponent, Minority Leader [[Robert H. Michel]], received 164 votes.<ref name=JenkinsStewart2012>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHlZCBqGvZIC| last1=Jenkins| first1=Jeffery A.| last2=Stewart| first2=Charles| year=2013| title=Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government| publisher=Princeton University Press| isbn=978-0-691-11812-3| page=366| access-date=February 4, 2019}}</ref>

During the [[101st United States Congress|101st Congress]], Foley presided over the House as it passed a landmark update to the 1963 [[Clean Air Act (United States)|Clean Air Act]], measures protecting persons with disabilities, the [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|Americans with Disabilities Act]] and the [[Individuals with Disabilities Education Act]], as well as the [[Budget Enforcement Act of 1990]]. The budget act, a part of the massive [[Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990]], established the "[[PAYGO|pay-as-you-go]]" process for discretionary spending and taxes, and was signed into law by President [[George H. W. Bush]] on November 5, 1990, contrary to his [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]] [[Read my lips: no new taxes|campaign promise not to raise taxes]]. This became a significant issue during the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992 presidential campaign]].<ref name=WAPO10182013>{{cite news| last=Langer| first=Emily| date=October 18, 2013| title=Thomas S. Foley, former House speaker, dies at 84| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/thomas-s-foley-former-house-speaker-dies-at-84/2013/10/18/7d2c7df4-380d-11e3-ae46-e4248e75c8ea_story.html| newspaper=The Washington Post| access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref>

In 1993, the [[103rd United States Congress|103rd Congress]] passed an [[Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993|omnibus budget bill]] through which the government was able to raise additional revenue and balance the federal budget. Signed into law by President [[Bill Clinton]] on August 10, 1993, the measure stirred controversy because of the tax increases it imposed.<ref name=WAPO10182013/> Under Foley's leadership Congress also passed the [[Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993]], the [[North American Free Trade Agreement|North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act]],<ref name=WAPO10182013/> as well as the [[Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act]] plus legislation that laid the groundwork for the "[[Don't ask, don't tell]]" military service policy in 1993 which was then instituted by the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton Administration]] in 1994.

===Term limits===
During his time in the House, Foley repeatedly opposed efforts to impose [[term limit]]s on Washington state's elected officials, winning the support of the state's voters to reject term limits in a 1991 referendum; however, in 1992, a term limit ballot initiative was approved by the state's voters.<ref name=tf/>

Foley brought suit, challenging the constitutionality of a state law setting eligibility requirements on federal offices. Foley won his suit, with a [[United States District Court]] declaring that states did not have the authority under the [[United States Constitution]] to limit the terms of federal officeholders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/11/us/federal-judge-strikes-down-law-limiting-the-terms-of-lawmakers.html |title=Federal Judge Strikes Down Law Limiting the Terms of Lawmakers |last=Egan |first=Timothy |date=February 11, 1994 |website=The New York Times |access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>

However, in Foley's bid for a 16th term in the House, his [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] opponent, [[George Nethercutt]], used the issue against him, citing the caption of the federal case brought by Foley, "Foley against the People of the State of Washington". Nethercutt vowed that if elected, he would not serve more than three terms in the House, though he ultimately served for five. Foley lost in a narrow race. While Foley had usually relied on large margins in Spokane to carry him to victory, in 1994 he won Spokane by only 9,000 votes, while Nethercutt did well enough in the rest of the district to win overall by just under 4,000 votes. Since Foley left office, no Democrat has garnered more than 45 percent of the district's vote.

Foley became the first incumbent Speaker of the House to lose his bid for re-election since [[Galusha A. Grow]] in 1862. He is sometimes viewed as a political casualty of the term limits controversy of the early 1990s. President Clinton attributed Foley's defeat to his support for the [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]] of 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gunshopfinder.com/legislativenews/clinton8_1_04.html |title=My Life |publisher=Vintage |access-date=December 23, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731021921/http://www.gunshopfinder.com/legislativenews/clinton8_1_04.html |archive-date=July 31, 2012 }}</ref> Foley lost his seat in the [[Republican Revolution]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rasanen |first=Colton |date=2023-11-08 |title=Tom Foley was the first Washingtonian to become House speaker — what can we learn from him today? |url=https://www.inlander.com/news/tom-foley-was-the-first-washingtonian-to-become-house-speaker-what-can-we-learn-from/article_e2243130-88fc-5eab-84a9-179aac117b19.html |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=The Inlander |language=en}}</ref>

==Later career==
From 1995 to 1998, Foley was head of the [[Federal City Council]], a group of business, civic, education, and other leaders interested in economic development in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Colbert I.|title=Fred, Did We Really Know You?|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 8, 2007|page=A15|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=Order in the House — and the Garage|work=Washington Business Journal|date=June 30, 1997|access-date=November 27, 2016|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/1997/06/30/tidbits.html}}</ref>

In 1997, Foley was appointed as the 25th [[U.S. Ambassador to Japan]] by President Bill Clinton,<ref>[https://archive.today/20130119032955/http://www.businessweek.com/archives/1997/b3526076.arc.htm Commentary: "Is Tom Foley the Wrong Man to Send to Tokyo?"] ''BusinessWeek.'' May 12, 1997; Wudunn, Sheryl. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02EFDA1F3AF93BA35757C0A96E958260&scp=1&sq=order+of+paulownia+flowers&st=nyt  "New U.S. Diplomat Tries to Speak Japan's Language,"] ''New York Times.'' April 8, 1998.</ref> and was part of the US government response to the [[Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision|deaths of Japanese schoolchildren]] caused by a US submarine. 
He served as ambassador until 2001.

Foley was a [[Washington (state)|Washington]] delegate to the 2004 and 2012 Democratic National Conventions.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}}  On July 9, 2003, [[List of Governors of Washington|Governor]] [[Gary Locke]] awarded the [[Washington Medal of Merit]], the state's highest honor, to Foley.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fram |first1=Alan |title=Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley dies at 84 |url=https://keprtv.com/news/local/former-speaker-of-the-house-tom-foley-dies-at-84-11-14-2015-223129949 |website=keprtv.com |date=October 17, 2013 |publisher=The Associated Press |access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref>  He was North American Chairman of the [[Trilateral Commission]].<ref name="trilateral">[[Trilateral Commission]]: [http://www.trilateral.org/membship/bios/tf.htm Foley, bio notes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224115622/http://www.trilateral.org/ |date=February 24, 2012 }}</ref>

==Death==
Foley died at his home in Washington, D.C. on October 18, 2013, following months of [[hospice]] care after suffering a series of strokes and a bout with [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/19/us/politics/thomas-foley-former-house-speaker-dies-at-84.html | work=The New York Times | first=Adam | last=Clymer | title=Thomas Foley, House Speaker, Dies at 84; Democrat Urged Parties to Collaborate | date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> He was 84 and was survived by his wife, Heather. Services were held at St. Aloysius Church at [[Gonzaga University]], as well as in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/tom-foley-former-speaker-of-the-us-house-dies-at-age-84/2013/10/18/5f928f76-380e-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019061905/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/tom-foley-former-speaker-of-the-us-house-dies-at-age-84/2013/10/18/5f928f76-380e-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |title=Tom Foley, former speaker of the US House, dies at age 84 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 18, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/oct/18/tom-foley-former-speaker-dies/ |title=Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley dies at 84 - Spokesman.com - Oct. 18, 2013 |publisher=Spokesman.com |date=October 18, 2013 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> Speaker [[John Boehner]], and [[Nancy Pelosi]], who had also served as Speaker, issued statements honoring Foley.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tom Kludt |date=October 18, 2013 |url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/boehner-pelosi-pay-tribute-to-former-speaker-foley |title=Boehner, Pelosi Pay Tribute To Former Speaker Foley |publisher=Talkingpointsmemo.com |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> In a White House statement, President [[Barack Obama]] called Foley a "legend of the United States Congress" who "represented the people of Washington's 5th district with skill, dedication, and a deep commitment to improving the lives of those he was elected to serve.", going on to praise Foley for his bipartisanship and subsequent ambassadorial service under former president Clinton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/10/18/statement-president-passing-tom-foley|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Statement by the President on the Passing of Tom Foley|date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> Vice President [[Joe Biden]] also released an official statement, saying "Tom was a good friend and a dedicated public servant.", citing his work in Congress with Foley in the 1980s on budgetary issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/10/18/statement-vice-president-passing-tom-foley|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Statement by the Vice President on the Passing of Tom Foley|date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> Washington governor [[Jay Inslee]] also released a statement, acknowledging Foley's efforts to reach consensus and emphasize mutual common ground, and his work in the legal system and in Congress. Former president [[George H. W. Bush]] stated that Foley "represented the very best in public service--and our political system" and "never got personal or burned bridges."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/18/former-house-speaker-tom-foley-dies-at-84/?hpt=hp_t2 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160208/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/18/former-house-speaker-tom-foley-dies-at-84/?hpt=hp_t2 | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 19, 2013 | work=CNN | title=Former House Speaker Tom Foley dead at 84 | date=October 18, 2013}}</ref>

==Honors==
* Honorary [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (UK).<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000239 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: FOLEY, Thomas Stephen, (1929 - 2013)]; Retrieved October 19, 2013</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XLmtL54gmCkC&q=tom+foley&pg=PA116 Tom Hayden, ''Irish on the Inside: In Search of the Soul of Irish America'', p. 116]; Retrieved October 19, 2013</ref>
* [[Federal Cross of Merit|Order of Merit]] (Germany).<ref name="trilateral"/>
* [[Légion d'honneur]] (France).<ref name="trilateral"/>
* [[Order of the Rising Sun|Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, Grand Cordon]] (Japan), 1995.<ref name="trilateral"/>
* Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at [[Washington State University]]. Established in 1995.
* Thomas S. Foley Memorial Highway ([[U.S. Route 395 in Washington|U.S. Route 395]]), dedicated in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Deshais |first=Nicholas |date=August 27, 2018 |title=Say Hello to the new Foley Highway |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/aug/27/getting-there-say-hello-to-the-new-foley-highway/ |work=The Spokesman-Review |access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
===Congressional elections===
* November 3, 1964:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1964 United States House of Representatives elections|1964]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=68426| title=WA District 5 (1964)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley
  |votes      = 84,830
  |percentage = 53.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Walt Horan]]*
  |votes      = 73,884
  |percentage = 46.55
}}
{{Election box end}}
* November 8, 1966:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1966 United States House of Representatives elections|1966]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=68425| title=WA District 5 (1966)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 74,571
  |percentage = 56.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Dorothy R. Powers
  |votes      = 57,310
  |percentage = 43.46
}}
{{Election box end}}
* November 5, 1968:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1968 United States House of Representatives elections|1968]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=68424| title=WA District 5 (1968)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 88,446
  |percentage = 56.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Richard M. Bond|Richard Bond]]
  |votes      = 67,304
  |percentage = 43.21
}}
{{Election box end}}
* November 3, 1970:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1970 United States House of Representatives elections|1970]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55087| title=WA District 5 (1970)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 88,189
  |percentage = 67.03
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = George Gamble
  |votes      = 43,376
  |percentage = 32.97
}}
{{Election box end}}
* November 7, 1972:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1972 United States House of Representatives elections|1972]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55097| title=WA District 5 (1972)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 150,580
  |percentage = 81.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Clarice Privette
  |votes      = 34,742
  |percentage = 18.75
}}
{{Election box end}}
* November 5, 1974:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1974 United States House of Representatives elections|1974]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=33131| title=WA District 5 (1974)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 87,959
  |percentage = 64.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gary Gage
  |votes      = 48,739
  |percentage = 35.66
}}
{{Election box end}}
* November 2, 1976:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1976 United States House of Representatives elections|1976]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31731| title=WA District 5 (1976)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 120,415
  |percentage = 58.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Duane Alton
  |votes      = 84,262
  |percentage = 40.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = D. E. Bear Sandahl
  |votes      = 1,959
  |percentage = 0.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = U.S. Labor Party
  |candidate  = Ira Liebowitz
  |votes      = 935
  |percentage = 0.45
}}
{{election box end}}
* November 7, 1978:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1978 United States House of Representatives elections|1978]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=53733| title=WA District 5 (1978)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 77,201
  |percentage = 48.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Duane Alton
  |votes      = 68,761
  |percentage = 42.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Mel Tonasket
  |votes      = 14,887
  |percentage = 9.26
}}
{{election box end}}
* November 4, 1980:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1980 United States House of Representatives elections|1980]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=50518| title=WA District 5 (1980)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 120,530
  |percentage = 51.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Sonneland
  |votes      = 111,705
  |percentage = 48.10
}}
{{election box end}}
* November 2, 1982:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1982 United States House of Representatives elections|1982]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37446| title=WA District 5 (1982)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 109,549
  |percentage = 64.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Sonneland
  |votes      = 60,816
  |percentage = 35.70
}}
{{election box end}}
* November 6, 1984:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1984 United States House of Representatives elections|1984]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=50526| title=WA District 5 (1984)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 154,988
  |percentage = 69.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jack Hebner
  |votes      = 67,438
  |percentage = 30.32
}}
{{election box end}}
* November 4, 1986:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1986 United States House of Representatives elections|1986]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=53794| title=WA District 5 (1986)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 121,732
  |percentage = 74.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Floyd Wakefield
  |votes      = 41,179
  |percentage = 25.28
}}
{{election box end}}
* November 8, 1988:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1988 United States House of Representatives elections|1988]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37999| title=WA District 5 (1988)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 160,654
  |percentage = 73.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Marlyn Derby
  |votes      = 49,657
  |percentage = 23.61
}}
{{election box end}}
* November 6, 1990:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1990 United States House of Representatives elections|1990]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34674| title=WA District 5 (1990)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 110,234
  |percentage = 68.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Marlyn Derby
  |votes      = 49,965
  |percentage = 31.19
}}
{{election box end}}
* November 3, 1992:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1992 United States House of Representatives elections|1992]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28454| title=WA District 5 (1992)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 135,965
  |percentage = 55.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Sonneland
  |votes      = 110,443
  |percentage = 44.82
}}
{{election box end}}
* November 8, 1994:
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[Washington's 5th congressional district]] election, [[1994 United States House of Representatives elections|1994]]<br />* denotes incumbent{{nb5}}Source:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=29005| title=WA District 5 (1994)| website=www.ourcampaigns.com| access-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[George Nethercutt]]
  |votes      = 110,057
  |percentage = 50.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Foley*
  |votes      = 106,074
  |percentage = 49.08
}}
{{election box end}}

===Speaker elections===
* June 6, 1989:
:{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan=5 style="background:#f5f5f5" | 1989 intra-term [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] election{{snd}}[[101st United States Congress|101st Congress]]<ref name=JenkinsStewart2012/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?r101:./temp/~r101mp5yin| title=Election of the Speaker (House of Representatives – June 06, 1989)| work=Congressional Record – 101st Congress, 1st Session| pages=H2282–2283| publisher=Library of Congress| location=Washington, D.C.| archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/congressional-record/20160310193900/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?r101:./temp/~r101mp5yin| archive-date=March 10, 2016| url-status=dead| access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=2 |  Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! Percent
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| style="width: 7em;" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]'''
| style="width: 18em;" | '''Tom Foley ([[Washington (state)|Washington]])'''
| style="text-align:right" | '''251'''
| style="text-align:right" | '''60.19%'''
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Robert H. Michel]] ([[Illinois]])
| style="text-align:right" | 164
| style="text-align:right" | 39.33%
|-
| colspan=3 | ''Answered "[[Abstention|present]]"''
| style="text-align:right" | 2
| style="text-align:right" | 0.48%
|-
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Total votes:
! style="text-align:right" | 417
! style="text-align:right" | 100%
|}
* January 3, 1991:
:{|class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=5 style="background:#f5f5f5" | 1991 [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] election{{snd}}[[102nd United States Congress|102nd Congress]]<ref name=JenkinsStewart2012/><ref name=CRS-RL30857>{{cite web| last1=Heitshusen| first1=Valerie| last2=Beth| first2=Richard S.| title=Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913–2019| date=January 4, 2019| work=CRS Report for Congress| url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30857.pdf| page=6| publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]], the [[Library of Congress]]| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?r102:./temp/~r102qDlxoC| title=Election of the Speaker (House of Representatives – January 03, 1991)| work=Congressional Record – 102nd Congress, 1st Session| pages=H2–3| publisher=Library of Congress| location=Washington, D.C.| archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/congressional-record/20160321163507/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?r102:./temp/~r102qDlxoC| archive-date=March 21, 2016| url-status=dead| access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=2 | Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! Percent
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| style="width: 7em;" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]'''
| style="width: 18em;" | '''Tom Foley ([[Washington (state)|Washington]])'''
| style="text-align:right" | '''262'''
| style="text-align:right" | '''61.07%'''
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Robert H. Michel]] ([[Illinois]])
| style="text-align:right" | 165
| style="text-align:right" | 38.47%
|-
| colspan=3 | ''Answered "[[Abstention|present]]"''
| style="text-align:right" | 2
| style="text-align:right" | 0.46%
|-
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Total votes:
! style="text-align:right" | 429
! style="text-align:right" | 100%
|}
* January 5, 1993:
:{|class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=5 style="background:#f5f5f5" | 1993 [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] election{{snd}}[[103rd United States Congress|103rd Congress]]<ref name=JenkinsStewart2012/><ref name=CRS-RL30857/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?r103:./temp/~r103JjYPds| title=Election of the Speaker (House of Representatives – January 05, 1993)| work=Congressional Record – 103rd Congress, 1st Session| pages=H2–3| publisher=Library of Congress| location=Washington, D.C.| archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/congressional-record/20160315200829/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?r103:./temp/~r103JjYPds| archive-date=March 15, 2016| url-status=dead| access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=2 | Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! Percent
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| style="width: 7em;" | '''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]'''
| style="width: 18em;" | '''Tom Foley ([[Washington (state)|Washington]])'''
| style="text-align:right" | '''255'''
| style="text-align:right" | '''59.16%'''
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Robert H. Michel]] ([[Illinois]])
| style="text-align:right" | 174
| style="text-align:right" | 40.38%
|-
| colspan=3 | ''Answered "[[Abstention|present]]"''
| style="text-align:right" | 2
| style="text-align:right" | 0.46%
|-
! colspan=3 style="text-align:right" | Total votes:
! style="text-align:right" | 431
! style="text-align:right" | 100%
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Bird, R. Kenton and John C. Pierce, ''Tom Foley: The Man in the Middle'', University Press of Kansas, 2023. {{ISBN| 978-0700634651}}.
==External links==
* {{CongBio|F000239}}
* {{C-SPAN|3852}}

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