Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a

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from 1947 to 1977. At tall, Albert was affectionately known as the "Little Giant from Little Dixie". Albert held the highest political office of any Oklahoman in American history.

Early years, education

Albert was born in

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, the son of Leona Ann (Scott) and Ernest Homer Albert, a coal miner and farmer. Shortly after his birth his family moved to Bugtussle, a small town just north of McAlester. He grew up in a log cabin on his father's farm. In high school he excelled in debate, was student body president, and won the national high school oratorical contest, earning a trip to Europe. During this time he was an active member of his local

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chapter; he is an inductee of the Order of DeMolay Hall of Fame. Albert later petitioned his local Masonic Lodge and became an active Freemason. He entered the

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in 1927. There, he majored in political science and won the National Oratorical Championship in 1928, receiving an all-expense-paid trip to Europe. He earned enough money to fund the rest of his undergraduate education through working in the college registrar's office and participating in the

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. While at Oklahoma, he was an accomplished amateur wrestler, a member of the

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fraternity, and a member of the RUF/NEKS. He graduated

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in 1931, was the top male student, then studied at the

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on a

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. He received a Bachelor of Arts in jurisprudence and Bachelor of Civil Laws from St Peter's College before returning to the United States in 1934. He opened a law practice in

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in 1935. He worked for a series of oil companies in leasing work until the start of

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War years

Albert joined the

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as a

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in 1941. He served briefly with the 3rd Armored Division, but was soon commissioned a

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in the

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. While in the army, Albert married Mary Harmon on August 20, 1942, in

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, just before he was sent to the South Pacific.Erin M. Sloan, Albert, Carl Bert (1908-2000)
''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Accessed April 24, 2015. The couple had two children, Mary Frances and David. Albert served in the

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as a prosecutor assigned to the Far East Air Service Command. He earned a

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and other decorations and left the Army with the rank of

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in 1946.Glass, Andrew
Ex-House Speaker Carl Albert dies, Feb. 4, 2000
Politico.com, February 4, 2011 (accessed April 12, 2014). He remained in the

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after the war, and retired in 1968 with the rank of

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Enters Congress

Albert was elected to Congress for the first time in

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. He was a

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, and supported President

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's containment of Soviet expansionism and domestic measures like public housing, federal aid to education, and farm price supports. Speaker of the House

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noticed his diligence as a legislator and began inviting him to informal meetings in the speaker's office. Rayburn also advised Albert to seek the chairmanship of the Agriculture Committee in 1949. Albert was appointed

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in 1955 and elected

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after Rayburn's death in 1961. Albert seemed to describe himself as a

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. He said, he "very much disliked doctrinaire liberals –– they want to own your minds. And I don't like

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. I like to face issues in terms of conditions and not in terms of someone's inborn political philosophy.""The man from Bugtussle made national impact." ''The Norman Transcript''. June 1, 2007.
Retrieved May 14, 2014. Albert was inducted into the

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in 1957.

Congressional majority leader

As Majority Leader, Albert was a key figure in advancing the Democratic legislative agenda in the House, particularly health care legislation. Medicare, the federal hospital insurance program for persons 65 and older, was initially proposed by the

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as an amendment to the

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program. Albert knew the bill had insufficient Congressional support for passage due to the opposition of ten Republicans and eight southern Democrats. He advised President Kennedy to seek Senate passage of the measure first. Albert calculated that the Senate should bring it to the House as a

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report on their own welfare bill, instead of trying direct introduction into the House. Carl Albert and LBJ (2-cropped)

Although well-planned, Albert's efforts on behalf of the Medicare bill were not successful at that time. After Kennedy's assassination, Albert worked to change House rules so that the majority Democrats would have greater influence on the final decisions of Congress under President

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. The changes included more majority leverage over the

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and stronger majority membership influence in the

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. With these changes in place, Albert was able to push through the Medicare bill, known as the

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, and to shepherd other pieces of Johnson's

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program through Congress. Albert did not sign the 1956

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, and voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1960,

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, and 1968, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the

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, but voted against the

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. Albert also chaired the infamous

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. The convention was one of the most chaotic in American history. Riots and protests raged outside the venue, and disorder reigned among delegates tasked with leading the party after Johnson's late March decision to not seek reelection, the April assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the June

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and the increasing casualties of the

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Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives

When Speaker

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retired in January 1971, during the second half of

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's first term as president, Albert was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. In September 1972, Albert was witnessed driving drunk and crashing into two cars in the

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neighborhood of Washington. As the

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developed in 1973, Albert, as speaker, referred some two dozen

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resolutions to the

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for debate and study. Also in 1973, he appointed Felda Looper as the first female House page. In 1973, during Albert's second term as Speaker and Nixon's second term as president, Vice President

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was investigated for

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and

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for a series of bribes he took while he was governor of

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. Agnew resigned as vice president and eventually pleaded ''

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'' to the charges. This event put Albert next in line to assume the presidency should that office have become vacant. Ford Rocky and Albert in Congress

Under the provisions of the

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, Nixon nominated Republican

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to succeed Agnew as vice president in October 1973. As the

began to unfold and the impeachment process against Nixon began, it quickly became apparent that if Nixon resigned or was removed from office before Ford was confirmed by both houses, Albert would become

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under the

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. Albert would have been forced to resign from the office of Speaker as well as the House. This was the first occasion since the Twenty-fifth Amendment's ratification when it was possible for a member of one party to assume the presidency after a member of the opposing party vacated the office. As speaker of the House, Albert presided over the only body with the authority to impeach Nixon and had the ability to prevent any vice presidential confirmation vote from taking place in the House. This meant Albert could have maneuvered to make himself acting president.

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prepared a contingency plan for Albert that outlined the steps Albert would have taken had he assumed the presidency. The vice presidency was vacant for about seven weeks; Ford was confirmed and sworn in December 1973. Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, and the office of vice president was once more left vacant when Ford succeeded Nixon that day. This event put Albert next in line to assume the presidency for a second time. Former New York Governor

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was nominated by Ford, then confirmed and sworn into office as vice president in December. A different issue arose during Albert's last term in office when he was confronted with the Tongsun Park scandal. He was accused of accepting gifts and bribes from a lobbyist who was also a member of

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n intelligence. Albert denied having accepted bribes and admitted receiving only token gifts, which he disclosed. He decided to retire at the end of the 94th Congress in January 1977, and after leaving the House he turned the gifts over to the

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as required by law. Albert was never charged with a crime.

Retirement

After he left Washington, Albert returned to Bugtussle, turning down many lucrative financial offers from corporate concerns. With help from university professor Danney Goble, Albert published his memoir, ''Little Giant'' (University of Oklahoma Press, 1990, ). A post-retirement editorial in the ''New York Times'' called him "a conciliator and seeker of consensus, a patient persuader . . . trusted for his fairness and integrity." He lectured at the University of Oklahoma and made speeches both in the United States and abroad.

Death and legacy

Albert died in

at the age of 91 on February 4, 2000. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in McAlester.Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson The

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at the

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was established in 1979 for the general purpose of studying Congress and the particular purpose of researching Albert's life and political career. The Center holds the archive of Albert's Congressional papers along with those of

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, Percy Gassaway, and many others. The Congressional Archives hold material from the Civil War era to the present, but the largest portion covers the 1930s to the 1970s. Carl Albert Indian Health Facility in

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is part of the

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and is administered by the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. Durant named its Carl Albert Park for him, and a monument to Albert resides at his birthplace in McAlester. Several institutions and buildings in Oklahoma bear Albert's name. Carl B. Albert Middle School and Carl B. Albert High School in

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and Carl Albert State College in Poteau are named for him, as well as the Carl Albert Federal Building in McAlester. The

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established a monument to Albert in the Eunomia Chambers of the St Peter's College Law Library.

Personal life

Carl Albert married Mary Harmon in 1942; they had a son and a daughter. His cousin

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served as a member of Congress representing Illinois from 1943 to 1959.

References

External links

* The Carl Albert Wikimedia Commons Photograph Collection
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Carl Albert State College Home PageThe Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma Home Page

''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' - Albert, Carl Bert (1908-2000)Oral History Interviews with Carl Albert, from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
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