Dick Armey

Dick Armey
Armey in 1997
Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee
In office
June 19, 2002 – January 3, 2003
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byChristopher Cox
House Majority Leader
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003
SpeakerNewt Gingrich
Dennis Hastert
Preceded byDick Gephardt
Succeeded byTom DeLay
Chair of the House Republican Conference
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
DeputyBill McCollum
LeaderBob Michel
Preceded byJerry Lewis
Succeeded byJohn Boehner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 26th district
In office
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2003
Preceded byTom Vandergriff
Succeeded byMichael C. Burgess
Personal details
Born
Richard Keith Armey

(1940-07-07) July 7, 1940 (age 84)
Cando, North Dakota, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSusan Armey
Children5
Alma materJamestown College (BA)
University of North Dakota (MA)
University of Oklahoma (PhD)
ProfessionEconomist

Richard Keith Armey (/ˈɑːrmi/; born July 7, 1940) is an American economist and politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Texas's 26th congressional district (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades. Armey was one of the chief authors of the Contract with America. Armey is also an author and former economics professor. After his retirement from Congress, he has worked as a consultant, advisor, and lobbyist.