# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-foley-q577751
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:36:23.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-foley-q577751"
name: "Tom Foley"
slug: "tom-foley-q577751"
description: "Thomas Stephen Foley was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represented Washington's 5th congressional district for 30 years (1965–1995). He was the first Speaker of the House in over a century since Galusha Grow in 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign."
tagline: "American politician from Washington (1929–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SpeakerFoley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1929-03-06"
deathDate: "2013-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.64857466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump