What is Tom DeLay?
<ref>{{cite news |last1=Langford |first1=Terri |title=Court Backs Decision Reversing DeLay's Convictions |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/01/court-criminal-appeals-wont-reinstate-delay-convic/ |accessdate=24 February 2025 |publisher=The Texas Tribune |date=1 October 2014}}</ref>{{Infobox officeholder |name= Tom DeLay |image= TomDeLay.jpg |order= [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]] |term_start= January 3, 2003 |term_end= September 28, 2005 |1blankname= Speaker |1namedata= [[Dennis Hastert]] |2blankname= Whip |2namedata= [[Roy Blunt]] |predecessor= [[Dick Armey]] |successor= [[Roy Blunt]] (Interim) |order2= [[Party whips of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Whip]] |term_start2= January 3, 1995 |term_end2= January 3, 2003 |1blankname2= Speaker |1namedata2= [[Newt Gingrich]] (1995–1999)<br>[[Dennis Hastert]] (1999–2003) |predecessor2= [[David Bonior]] |successor2= [[Roy Blunt]] |order3= [[Republican Conference Secretary of the United States House of Representatives|Secretary of the House Republican Conference]] |leader3= [[Robert H. Michel]] |term_start3= January 3, 1993 |term_end3= January 3, 1995 |predecessor3= [[Vin Weber]] |successor3= [[Barbara Vucanovich]] |order4= Member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br> from [[Texas]]'s [[Texas's 22nd congressional district|22nd]] district |term_start4= January 3, 1985 |term_end4= June 9, 2006 |predecessor4= [[Ron Paul]] |successor4= [[Shelley Sekula-Gibbs]] |order5= Member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]],<br>21st District ([[Sugar Land]]) |term_start5= 1979 |term_end5= 1983 |predecessor5= Joe A. Hubenak |successor5= Mark Stiles |order6= Member of the Texas<br>House of Representatives,<br>26th District (Sugar Land) |term_start6= 1983 |term_end6= 1985 |predecessor6= Jack R. Hawkins |successor6= Jim Tallas |birth_name= Thomas Dale DeLay |birth_date= {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1947|4|8}} |birth_place= [[Laredo, Texas]], U.S. |residence=