Joe Moakley

Joe Moakley
Official portrait, 1999
Chair of the House Rules Committee
In office
May 30, 1989 – January 3, 1995
Preceded byClaude Pepper
Succeeded byGerald Solomon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office
January 3, 1973 – May 28, 2001
Preceded byLouise Day Hicks
Succeeded byStephen Lynch
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
from the 4th Suffolk district
In office
1965–1971
Preceded byJohn E. Powers
Succeeded byWilliam M. Bulger
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 7th Suffolk district
In office
1953–1963
Preceded byWilliam F. Carr
Succeeded byWilliam M. Bulger
Personal details
Born
John Joseph Moakley

(1927-04-27)April 27, 1927
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMay 28, 2001(2001-05-28) (aged 74)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Evelyn Duffy
(m. 1957; died 1996)
EducationSouth Boston High School[1] Suffolk University (LLB)
Military service
Branch/service United States Navy
Battles/warsWorld War II

John Joseph Moakley (April 27, 1927 – May 28, 2001) was an American politician who served as the United States representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district from 1973 until his death in 2001. 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 Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Rules before Republicans took control of the chamber in 1995. He is the namesake of Joe Moakley Park in Boston, Massachusetts which was renamed in his honor in 2001 after his death.

  1. ^ Maguire, Ken (April 16, 2001). "Joe Moakley takes on a new battle: Leukemia". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Associated Press. p. A4. Retrieved 2022-08-24.