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Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill, Jr. (1912-94), Congressman; Speaker, U.S. House of Rep. (1977-86), bfparker@frontiernet.net

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Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill, Jr. (1912-94), Congressman; Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives (1977-86)
By Franklin and Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net

Tip O'Neill grew up in a politically active Irish working family in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, physically near but culturally far from elite Yankee-oriented Harvard College.

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