Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician. O'Neill was an outspoken liberal Democrat and influential member of the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives for 34 years and representing two congressional districts of Massachusetts. He was the Speaker of the House from 1977 until his retirement in 1987, making him the second longest-serving Speaker in U.S. history after Sam Rayburn. Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Tip O'Neill. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O'Neill
Tip: A Biography of Thomas P. ONeill, Speaker of the House . New York: Macmillan, 1980; Farrell, John A. Tip ONeill and the Democratic Century . Boston: Little, Brown, 2001; ONeill, Thomas P., with William Novak. bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000098/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Tip O'Neill. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O%27Neill
