John E. Fogarty (1913-1967) was an American legislator who became known as "Mr. Public Health" for his advocacy of federal funding for medical research, health education, and health care services. After graduating from LaSalle Academy, Fogarty attended evening classes at Providence College. He then joined his older brother and father as an apprentice bricklayer, subsequently becoming the President of Bricklayers Union No. 1, laying the groundwork for his career in public service. As Democratic representative for Rhode Island, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1941 to 1967 and chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare from 1949 onward. During his congressional tenure, Fogarty championed a vast expansion of the National Institutes of Health, as well as aid to medical schools, libraries, and programs for children with disabilities. He sponsored or contributed to virtually every piece of health-related legislation introduced during this time. The John E. Fogarty Papers range from c.1941 to 1967 and contain personal and legislative correspondence, speeches, legislative records, photographs, and audiovisual materials.
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H.R. 11648 | Digital Document | 1960-04-07 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Library Services Act in order to extend for five years the authorization for appro… |
H.R. 11775 | Digital Document | 1964-06-25 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 |
H.R. 12023 | Digital Document | 1958-04-21 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to establish a program to. enable students in the fields of science and mathematics to attend h… |
H.R. 12108 | Digital Document | 1962-06-13 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Library Services Act in order to make areas lacking public libraries or with inade… |
H.R. 12146 | Digital Document | 1964-06-30 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to improve the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program by increasing the amount of… |
H.R. 1215 | Digital Document | 1949-01-10 | John E. Fogarty papers | A bill to create a decennial census of housing |
H.R. 12199 | Digital Document | 1962-06-19 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to prohibit the sending as franked mail of solicitations for the transfer from one State to ano… |
H.R. 12434 | Digital Document | 1958-05-12 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to authorize the construction of certain works for flood control in the Blackstone River Basin,… |
H.R. 12495 | Digital Document | 1962-06-12 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, so as to restore competitive equality to retailers… |
H.R. 12554 | Digital Document | 1958-05-19 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide that the Secretary of the Interior shall develop and carry out an emergency program… |
H.R. 12560 | Digital Document | 1962-07-17 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to establish a National Institute of the Arts and Humanities, to authorize programs of informat… |
H.R. 12600 | Digital Document | 1958-05-21 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide pension for widows and children of veterans of World War II and of the Korean confli… |
H.R. 12634 | Digital Document | 1962-07-20 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to facilitate the entry of alien skilled specialists and certain relatives of United States cit… |
H.R. 12642 | Digital Document | 1964-09-22 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for the waiver in certain cases of the limitation on the payment of premium compensa… |
H.R. 12909 | Digital Document | 1962-08-15 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that blood donations shall be considered… |
H.R. 12909 | Digital Document | 1958-06-12 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to encourage the establishment of voluntary pension plans by self-employed individuals |
H.R. 13063 | Digital Document | 1962-09-06 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for the production and distribution of educational and training films for use by dea… |
H.R. 13105 | Digital Document | 1962-09-11 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend section 314 of the Public Health Service Act to provide a grant program for the preven… |
H.R. 13124 | Digital Document | 1958-06-25 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill for the relief of certain aliens distressed as the result of natural calamity in the Azores Isl… |
H.R. 13673 | Digital Document | 1958-08-05 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to permit donations of su… |
H.R. 13840 | Digital Document | 1958-08-23 | John E. Fogarty papers | Act to encourage expansion of teaching in the education of mentally retarded children through grants… |
H.R. 13840 | Digital Document | 1958-08-21 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to encourage expansion of teaching in the education of mentally retarded children through grant… |
H.R. 1570 | Digital Document | 1949-01-17 | John E. Fogarty papers | A bill to authorize funding to decrease the inequaility of education |
H.R. 1695 | Digital Document | 1965-01-06 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to authorize the Commissioner of Education to make available to students in all elementary and… |
H.R. 1791 | Digital Document | 1955-01-10 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for Federal financial assistance to the States in the construction of elementary and… |