He was elected to Congress in 1928 to fill an unexpired term and served in the last few months of the administration of Calvin Coolidge. He was first elected majority leader in 1940 and became Speaker following the death of Sam Rayburn in 1962. He was a man of simple beginnings who never forgot his roots. He was the grandson of Irish immigrants who. on both sides of his family. emigrated to America in the 1840s. He was born in South Boston. the son of Joseph and Mary McCormack. His father. a stone mason. died when John was only 13.
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