| LC control no. | n 50028673 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wright, Jim, 1922-2015 |
| Variant(s) | Wright, James Claude, Jr., 1922-2015 Wright, James Claude, 1922- |
| Located | Weatherford (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1922-12-22 |
| Death date | 2015-05-06 |
| Place of birth | Fort Worth (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Fort Worth (Tex.) |
| Field of activity | World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Democratic Party (U.S.) United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group (H), 380th |
| Profession or occupation | United States. Congress. House--Speakers Legislators Bombardiers |
| Found in | His You and your Congressman, 1965- Current biography, Apr. 1979 (Wright, James Claud [sic], Jr.; see Wright, Jim) Washington post WWW site, viewed May 6, 2015 (Jim Wright; b. James Claude Wright Jr., Dec. 22, 1922, Weatherford, Tex.; d. May 6, Fort Worth, aged 92; hard-driving 18-term Texas Democrat who, as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, expanded the influence of the speakership into foreign affairs before resigning from elective office in 1989 amid an ethics investigation into his business dealidngs) New York times (online), viewed May 7, 2015 (in obituary published May 6: Jim Wright; b. James Claude Wright Jr., Dec. 22, 1922, Fort Worth; grew up in Weatherford, Tex.; d. Wednesday [May 6, 2015], Fort Worth, aged 92) |
| Associated language | eng |
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