Carl Bert Albert, an Oklahoma Democrat who rose from a miner’s shack to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the turbulent Watergate era, died Friday night at a hospital in ...

On this day in 2000, Carl Albert, an Oklahoma Democrat who served three terms as speaker of the House during the tumultuous Watergate years, died in McAlester, Okla., the town where he was born in ...

OKLAHOMA’S Democratic Representative Carl Bert Albert, 53 ... back home in Oklahoma as a skillful stump speaker, he has addressed the House only where necessary. Speaker Sam Rayburn.

Most common tag: Congress. Members of Congress attended the official unveiling of a bronze bust of the 46th Speaker of the House Carl Albert who served … John Farrell talked about his book Tip O ...

But he never forgot where he came from. Albert, who served 30 years in Congress from Oklahoma's District 3, became speaker of the House in 1971, putting him next in line after the vice president ...

In 1995, President Ford recalled, “Now I can tell from practical experience that after Vice President Agnew resigned, the Speaker of the House, Carl Albert, was next in line. Carl was a long ...

In December 1963, Carl Albert needed one vote to end the fifth-longest congressional session in history. Unfortunately, the House Majority ... in deposing yet another speaker, Kevin McCarthy.

The House has gone two weeks without a speaker, the longest stretch without a leader in half a century. In 1971, House lawmakers didn’t install a new speaker to take over for retiring Speaker Rep.

Although control of the House reverted to the Democrats ... They included Reps. Carl Albert (D-Okla.), a future speaker, and Katharine St. George (R-N.Y.), who became the first woman ever to ...

Most common tag: Congress. Members of Congress attended the official unveiling of a bronze bust of the 46th Speaker of the House Carl Albert who served from 1971 to… John Farrell talked about ...