Joe Moakley

Joe Moakley
Official portrait, 1999
Chair of the House Rules Committee
In office May 30, 1989 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by	Claude Pepper
Succeeded by	Gerald Solomon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office January 3, 1973 – May 28, 2001
Preceded by	Louise Day Hicks
Succeeded by	Stephen Lynch
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 4th Suffolk district
In office 1965–1971
Preceded by	John E. Powers
Succeeded by	William M. Bulger
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 7th Suffolk district
In office 1953–1963
Preceded by	William F. Carr
Succeeded by	William M. Bulger
Personal details
Born	John Joseph Moakley (1927-04-27)April 27, 1927 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	May 28, 2001(2001-05-28) (aged 74) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Evelyn Duffy ​ ​ (m. 1957; died 1996)​
Education	South Boston High School[1] Suffolk University (LLB)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Navy
Battles/wars	World War II
Joe Moakley's voice Moakley, as chair of the House Rules Committee, speaks on establishing a joint commission on the reorganization of Congress Recorded June 18, 1992

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.