John Joseph Joe Moakley (April 27 1927 – May 28 2001) was a Democratic congressman from the Ninth District of Massachusetts. Moakley won the seat from incumbent Louise Day Hicks in a 1972 rematch; the seat had been held two years earlier by the retiring Speaker of the House John William McCormack. Moakley was the last chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Rules before Republicans took control of the chamber in 1995.
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active years end date
2001-05-28
active years start date
1973-01-03
birth date
1927-04-27
birth place
Boston
death date
2001-05-28
death place
Bethesda Maryland
office
Member of the, Massachusetts Senate, for the 4th Suffolk District, Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 7th Suffolk District
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