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. 12495 | Digital Document | June 12th, 1962 | 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 | May 19th, 1958 | 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 | July 17th, 1962 | 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 | May 21st, 1958 | 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 | July 20th, 1962 | 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 | September 22nd, 1964 | 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 | August 15th, 1962 | 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 | June 12th, 1958 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to encourage the establishment of voluntary pension plans by self-employed individuals |
H.R. 13063 | Digital Document | September 6th, 1962 | 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 | September 11th, 1962 | 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 | June 25th, 1958 | 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 | August 5th, 1958 | 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 | August 23rd, 1958 | John E. Fogarty papers | Act to encourage expansion of teaching in the education of mentally retarded children through grants… |
H.R. 13840 | Digital Document | August 21st, 1958 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to encourage expansion of teaching in the education of mentally retarded children through grant… |
H.R. 1570 | Digital Document | January 17th, 1949 | John E. Fogarty papers | A bill to authorize funding to decrease the inequaility of education |
H.R. 1695 | Digital Document | January 6th, 1965 | 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 | January 10th, 1955 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for Federal financial assistance to the States in the construction of elementary and… |
H.R. 2042 | Digital Document | January 7th, 1965 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to establish a National Arts Foundation |
H.R. 2043 | Digital Document | January 7th, 1965 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide for the establishment of the National Humanities Foundation to promote progress and… |
H.R. 2238 | Digital Document | January 9th, 1961 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to establish a Federal Commission on Aging |
H.R. 2587 | Digital Document | January 20th, 1955 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to authorize and direct a full investigation of the problem of protecting Narragansett Bay and… |
H.R. 27 | Digital Document | January 3rd, 1961 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to authorize a ten-year program of grants for construction of medical, dental, and public healt… |
H.R. 2712 | Digital Document | February 6th, 1953 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to prevent military personnel from replacing civilians in the Department of Defense |
H.R. 3112 | Digital Document | January 26th, 1955 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to authorize, under regulations of the Civil Service Commission, the withholding, upon request,… |
H.R. 3179 | Digital Document | January 31st, 1963 | John E. Fogarty papers | Bill to provide that judges of the United States Court of Military Appeals shall hold office during… |