Richard Walker Bolling | |
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Chair of the House Rules Committee | |
In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 | |
Speaker | Tip O'Neill |
Preceded by | James J. Delaney |
Succeeded by | Claude Pepper |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 5th district | |
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1983 | |
Preceded by | Albert L. Reeves, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Alan Wheat |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City | May 17, 1916
Died | April 21, 1991 Washington D.C. | (aged 74)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Barbara Stratton Jim Grant Prudie Orr Nona Goddard |
Alma mater | University of the South |
Richard Walker Bolling (May 17, 1916 – April 21, 1991) was a prominent American Democratic Congressman from Kansas City, Missouri, and Missouri's 5th congressional district from 1949 to 1983. He retired after serving for four years as the chairman of the powerful United States House Committee on Rules.