Governor Bob Casey Name Tom Foley Succeeded by Robert S. Barnett Children Three Party Democratic Party | Political party Democratic Spouse Michele Foley Preceded by Harris Wofford Role Politician | |
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Born December 31, 1953 (age 70)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ( 1953-12-31 ) Alma mater Dartmouth College
Yale Law School Residence Hershey, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, United States Education Dartmouth College, Yale Law School | ||
Tom foley election night
Thomas Patrick "Tom" Foley (born December 31, 1953) is a Democratic politician from Pennsylvania. He became President of Mount Aloysius College in August, 2010.
Contents
- Tom foley election night
- President obama speaks at a memorial service for former speaker tom foley
- Early life
- Political career
- References
President obama speaks at a memorial service for former speaker tom foley
Early life
Foley grew up in a working-class family the Philadelphia suburb of Flourtown. He attended Dartmouth College and received a law degree from Yale Law School.
Political career
After spending two years working with an NGO in Northern Ireland, Foley became a congressional aide, with included a tenure of employment under future Vice President Joe Biden. He served in the cabinet of Governor Bob Casey as Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry from 1991 to 1994. In 1994, he won an eight-way primary to become the nominee for state lieutenant governor, on a ticket with Mark Singel; Democrats lost the election by just over 3 percentage points. Foley ran for state auditor general in 1996 and, despite being the party's endorsed candidate, lost the Democratic primary to Bob Casey, Jr., the son of the former governor, by less than one percentage point. In 2000, Foley unsuccessfully challenged Ron Klink for the Democratic nomination for US Senate. Klink went on to lose to incumbent Rick Santorum in that November's election.