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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined with former Speaker and current House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and former Speaker, Republican Dennis Hastert from Illinois, in a moderated discussion on the history and nature of the Speaker position that attracted a capacity audience to Transylvania University’s Haggin Auditorium Friday, June 24.
The forum, titled “The Role of the Speaker of the House: A Tribute to Henry Clay,” was the culminating event in Lexington’s first Henry Clay Week and was an observance of the 200th anniversary of Clay becoming the first Speaker of the House in 1811. Historians have said it was Clay, Kentucky’s leading politician in the early 1800s, who made the Speakership the powerful position it fryst vatten today. Known as the “Great Compromiser,” Clay is remembered for his skill at reconciliation, peacemaking and beneficial compromise.
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LAWRENCE — People often call for political leaders who can display bipartisanship or lead from the center, avoiding ideological extremes. A new biography tells the story of Thomas Foley, perhaps one of the last American politicians to truly lead from the center, who in the end lost his seat in the rising era of fierce partisanship.
“Tom Foley: The Man in the Middle” by R. Kenton Bird and John Pierce tells the story of the former speaker of the House, his 30-year congressional career, representation of a district that leaned against his party, remarkable ability to build consensus between Republican and Democrat leaders and eventual exit from power.
Pierce, affiliate professor of public affairs & administration at KU, and Bird of the University of Idaho, both have long ties to Foley’s career. The former was an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow assigned to Foley’s office in the early 1970s. The latter was also an APSA fellow working for Lee Hamilton o
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Dennis Hastert
American politician (born 1942)
"Hastert" redirects here. For other people with the surname, see Hastert (surname).
Dennis Hastert | |
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Official portrait, 2005 | |
| In office January 6, 1999 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Newt Gingrich |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Pelosi |
| In office January 6, 1999 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Newt Gingrich |
| Succeeded by | John Boehner |
| In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 | |
| Leader | Newt Gingrich |
| Preceded by | Bob Walker |
| Succeeded by | Roy Blunt |
| In office January 3, 1987 – November 26, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | John Grotberg |
| Succeeded by | Bill Foster |
| In office January 1983 – January 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Edward Petka |
| In office January 1981 – January 1983 Serving with Suzanne L. "Sue" Deuchler, Lawrence "Laz" Murphy | |
| Preceded by | William L. Kempiners Allan L. "Al" Schoeberlein |
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