Man Of The House Analysis

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In Man of the House, Speaker Tip O'Neill narrates and reflects upon his many political experiences. O’Neill has held a large variety of elected governmental positions including representative, minority leader, and Speaker in the Massachusetts state legislature, U.S. house representative, majority leader, majority whip, and his highest position, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. O’Neill’s impressive political resume, totaling to 50 years of public service, enlightens the reader on not only the daily operations of government, but also the behind the scenes work that isn’t always seen.
Man of the House can be sectioned off into four distinct areas of Tip’s life: his pre-political and early career, representative in the Massachusetts state house, representative in the U.S. …show more content…
In 1952, Tip announced he was running for the U.S. House of Representatives and after a long hard fought race against Michael LoPresti, Tip became a House representative for the state of Massachusetts. Tip befriended John McCormack, a powerful figure in the house, who took Tip under his wing as a “political son”. He was a regular attendee at the McCormack breakfast table, where McCormack and a few others would discuss mostly politics, legislation, and gossip. As McCormack’s protege, he was also brought to Sam Rayburn’s (then time Speaker) “Board of Education”. The Board of Education was run by Rayburn as more of a club, allowing admittance only by invitation. It introduced Tip to many high level politicians in Washington and as he claimed was “the most important place” (126) Sam Rayburn ever took him to. In 1955, Rayburn assigned O’Neill to the Rules Committee, a prestigious assignment especially because Tip was only in his second term. From his seat on the Rules Committee, Tip was able to keep up to date with all of the legislation and observe his fellow congressmen. This earned him a reputation of knowing the happenings of the

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