What is Dick Armey?
{{Infobox officeholder |birthname = Richard Keith Armey |image = Dick Armey, official 105th Congress photo.jpg |imagesize = |caption = Dick Armey in 1997 |order = [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]] |term_start = January 3, 1995 |term_end = January 3, 2003 | 1blankname = Speaker | 1namedata = [[Newt Gingrich]]<br>[[Dennis Hastert]] | 2blankname = Whip | 2namedata = [[Tom DeLay]] |predecessor = [[Dick Gephardt]] |successor = [[Tom DeLay]] |office1 = [[Republican Conference Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Chairman of the House Republican Conference]] |term_start1 = January 3, 1993 |term_end1 = January 3, 1995 |leader1 = [[Bob Michel]] |predecessor1 = [[Jerry Lewis (California politician)|Jerry Lewis]] |successor1 = [[John Boehner]] |state2 = [[Texas]] |district2 = [[Texas's 26th congressional district|26th]] |term_start2 = January 3, 1985 |term_end2 = January 3, 2003 |predecessor2 = [[Tom Vandergriff]] |successor2 = [[Michael C. Burgess]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|07|07}} |birth_place = [[Cando, North Dakota]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Susan Armey |profession = Economist |alma_mater = [[Jamestown College]]<br/>[[University of North Dakota]]<br/>[[University of Oklahoma]] |signature = |footnotes = |children=5}} '''Richard Keith Armey''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑr|m|i}}; born July 7, 1940) is an American economist and politician. He was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from Texas' {{ushr|Texas|26|26th congressional district}} (1985–2003) and [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]] (1995–2003).<ref>{{cite book |last=Guttery |first=Ben R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-14gbMQftG0C |access-date=2012-12-05 |year=2008 |pages=16–17 |title=Representing Texas |chapter-url=https://books.goog