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. 6769 | Digital Document | 1959-04-28 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and rel… |
H.R. 6776 | Digital Document | 1965-03-25 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a survivor beneficiary shall not l… |
H.R. 6854 | Digital Document | 1959-05-04 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to extend the application of the Classification Act of 1949 to certain positions in, and employ… |
H.R. 6906 | Digital Document | 1959-05-06 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to authorize a ten-year program of grants for construction of medical, dental, and public healt… |
H.R. 6910 | Digital Document | 1961-05-09 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to encourage the establishment of voluntary pension plans by self-employed individuals |
H.R. 6921 | Digital Document | 1950-01-23 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for the expeditious naturalization of former citizens of the United States who have… |
H.R. 6971 | Digital Document | 1965-03-31 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to assist in providing more flexibility in the finan… |
H.R. 6982 | Digital Document | 1957-04-17 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals; to assist in the establishment o… |
H.R. 7014 | Digital Document | 1959-05-07 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for the vesting of primary responsibility for the protection of the public health an… |
H.R. 7015 | Digital Document | 1959-05-07 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer a deduction from gross income fo… |
H.R. 7032 | Digital Document | 1963-06-13 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Social Security Act to assist States and communities in preventing and combating m… |
H.R. 7033 | Digital Document | 1963-06-13 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to assist in combating mental retardation through grants for construction of research centers,… |
H.R. 7034 | Digital Document | 1963-06-13 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to assist in providing training of teachers of mentally retarded children, to authorize grants… |
H.R. 7100 | Digital Document | 1965-04-05 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for the establishment and operation of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf |
H.R. 7137 | Digital Document | 1963-06-19 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for assistance in the construction and initial operation of community mental health… |
H.R. 7158 | Digital Document | 1963-06-20 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Civil Service Retirement Act to provide for the adjustment of inequities and for o… |
H.R. 7175 | Digital Document | 1961-05-18 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to amend the Act of September 6, 1958, relating to expansion of teaching in the education of me… |
H.R. 7251 | Digital Document | 1961-05-23 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill granting the consent of Congress to interstate compacts for the development or operation of lib… |
H.R. 73 | Digital Document | 1965-01-04 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill providing for the distribution and viewing within the United States of the film �Years of Light… |
H.R. 7353 | Digital Document | 1963-06-01 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to require certain standards of nonpersistence of synthetic pesticide chemicals (economic poiso… |
H.R. 7385 | Digital Document | 1965-04-13 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to, amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the educational quality of schools of medici… |
H.R. 7525 | Digital Document | 1965-04-15 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide certain free mailing privileges with respect to books, periodicals, and other readin… |
H.R. 7623 | Digital Document | 1965-04-27 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill relating to the classification of certain articles as braids under paragraph 1529 (a) of the Ta… |
H.R. 7765 | Digital Document | 1965-04-29 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and rel… |
H.R. 7769 | Digital Document | 1963-07-25 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill authorizing the- State of Rhode Island or its instrumentality to maintain, repair, and operate… |