Tip O'Neill

Born in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, O\'Neill began campaigning at a young age, volunteering for Al Smith\'s campaign in the 1928 presidential election. After graduating from Boston College, O\'Neill won election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he became a strong advocate of Franklin D. Roosevelt\'s New Deal policies. He became Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1949 and won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1952 to the seat vacated by John F. Kennedy.\n', '

In the House, O\'Neill became a protege of fellow Massachusetts Representative John William McCormack. O\'Neill broke with President Lyndon B. Johnson on the Vietnam War in 1967, and called for Richard Nixon\'s resignation in light of the Watergate scandal. He quickly moved up the leadership ranks in the 1970s, becoming House Majority Whip in 1971, House Majority…