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. 5850 | Digital Document | 1965-03-04 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to extend and expand title III of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health… |
H.R. 5872 | Digital Document | 1961-03-23 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Act to promote the education of the blind, approved March 3, 1879, as amended, so… |
H.R. 5873 | Digital Document | 1957-03-12 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to authorize contributions to colleges and universities to provide buildings for instruction in… |
H.R. 5888 | Digital Document | 1963-08-07 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and rel… |
H.R. 5999 | Digital Document | 1965-03-09 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to assist in combating heart disease, cancer, and stroke… |
H.R. 6000 | Digital Document | 1965-03-09 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the educational quality of schools of medicin… |
H.R. 6001 | Digital Document | 1965-03-09 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a program of grants to assist in meeting… |
H.R. 6050 | Digital Document | 1963-05-06 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for the designation of that portion of United States Highway Numbered 6 between Hart… |
H.R. 6051 | Digital Document | 1961-03-21 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to permit donations of su… |
H.R. 6052 | Digital Document | 1965-03-10 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for the establishment of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities to p… |
H.R. 6124 | Digital Document | 1959-04-07 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 so as to increase the minimum hourly wage from $1… |
H.R. 6125 | Digital Document | 1959-04-07 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Civil Service Retirement Act to increase to 21/2 per Centum the multiplication fac… |
H.R. 6197 | Digital Document | 1957-03-20 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Civil Service Retirement Act to increase to 21/2- per centum the multiplication fa… |
H.R. 6220 | Digital Document | 1952-01-24 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act to provide that certain members of the… |
H.R. 6289 | Digital Document | 1952-01-29 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to prohibit Federal officers and agencies from entering into contracts which are to be performe… |
H.R. 6415 | Digital Document | 1957-03-27 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill authorizing certain construction for the protection of the Narragansett Bay area against hurric… |
H.R. 6420 | Digital Document | 1959-04-15 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for the incorporation of the National Woman�s Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand A… |
H.R. 6434 | Digital Document | 1952-02-05 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act so as to provide that members of the i… |
H.R. 6567 | Digital Document | 1959-04-23 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill relating to the classification of certain articles as braids under paragraph 1529(a) of the Tar… |
H.R. 657 | Digital Document | 1957-01-03 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Davis-Bacon Act |
H.R. 6622 | Digital Document | 1961-04-25 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide that employees whose basic compensation is fixed and adjusted from time to time in a… |
H.R. 6637 | Digital Document | 1963-05-28 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill authorizing the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority to impose tolls for the use of the b… |
H.R. 6741 | Digital Document | 1965-03-25 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to encourage the preservation and development of a modern and efficient passenger rail transpor… |
H.R. 6742 | Digital Document | 1965-03-25 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide a deduction for income tax purposes, in the case of a disabled individual, for expen… |
H.R. 6761 | Digital Document | 1963-06-04 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for the redesigning of the 5-cent George Washington regular postage stamp so! as to… |