Date of Birth
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09-December-1912
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Place of Birth
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Cambridge
(United States of America, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Area code 617, Area code 857)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Thomas Phillip O'Neill, Jr., Thomas Philip O'Neill Jr., Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill, Tip O'Neil, 'Tip' O'Neill, Speaker "Tip" O'Neill, Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr., Thomas Phillip O'Neill, TP
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Profession
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Politician, Writer
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Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. was an American politician and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. O'Neill was an outspoken liberal Democrat and influential member of the House of Representatives, serving for 34 years and representing two congressional districts in Massachusetts. He served as Speaker of the House from 1977 until his retirement in 1987, making him the only Speaker to serve for five complete consecutive Congresses, and the second longest-serving Speaker in U.S. history after Sam Rayburn.
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