Thomas W. McGee

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2012}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = Thomas William McGee

|honorific-suffix =

|image = Thomas W. McGee.jpg

|imagesize =

|smallimage =

|caption =

|order =

|title = 80th Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

|predecessor = David M. Bartley

|successor = George Keverian

|term_start = 1975

|term_end = 1984

|office2 = Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

|predecessor2 = David M. Bartley

|successor2 = William Q. MacLean, Jr.

|term_start2 = 1969

|term_end2 = 1975

|office3 = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

|predecessor3 = George J. O'Shea, Jr.

|successor3 = Edward J. Clancy, Jr.

|term_start3 = 1963

|term_end3 = 1991

|office4 = Member of the
Lynn
City Council

|term_start4 = 1956

|term_end4 = 1963

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|5|24}}

|birth_place = Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|12|21|1924|5|24}}

|death_place = Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.

|resting_place=Pine Grove Cemetery Lynn, Massachusetts

|alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list

| Boston University

| Boston University Law School, 1953

}}

|party = Democratic Party

|profession = Politician

|spouse = Ann Sorrenti, div. Grace Hogan

|residence = Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.

| allegiance = {{flag|United States of America|1912}}

| branch = {{Flag|United States Marine Corps}}

| serviceyears = 1941–1945

| rank = Fourth Marine Division

| unit =

| battles = World War II
Battle of Saipan
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Tinian

| mawards =

30px Navy & Marine Corps Medal

{{nowrap|30px American Defense Service}}

30px Asiatic-Pacific Campaign

30px World War II Victory

}}

Thomas William McGee (May 24, 1924 – December 21, 2012) was an American politician who served as a member of the Lynn, Massachusetts City Council (1956–1963) and Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1991), serving as its Speaker from 1975 to 1984.{{cite book |author=Edward B. O'Neill and Robert E. MacQueen |title=1989–1990 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts | url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19891990bost#page/184/mode/2up }} He was the father of former Massachusetts state Senator and Mayor of Lynn Thomas M. McGee.McNamara, Eileen (January 31, 2001). "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/67453556.html?FMT=ABS A lawmaker learned well] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105084331/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/67453556.html?FMT=ABS |date=November 5, 2012 }}." The Boston Globe.

McGee died on December 21, 2012{{cite web |url=http://www.itemlive.com/articles/2012/12/21/breaking_news/breakingnews09.txt |title=The Daily Item: Former Mass. Speaker Thomas McGee dead at 88 |publisher=Itemlive.com |access-date=2012-12-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127090807/http://www.itemlive.com/articles/2012/12/21/breaking_news/breakingnews09.txt |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |df=mdy-all }} in a hospice facility in Danvers, Massachusetts, of complications from Alzheimer's.{{Citation|last=Lawrence|first= J.M.| title =Thomas McGee, 88, House speaker for longest period in state history| page =Obituary | publisher = The Boston Globe| location = Boston, Massachusetts |date = January 1, 2013|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2013/01/01/thomas-mcgee-former-massachusetts-house-speaker-longest-hold-post/IvxQT9nOqEHSifs697ojxK/story.html }}