Tom Delay

A former pest-control business owner-turned-politician, former Republican congressman Tom Delay rose to the top of national politics during the heyday of the Clinton impeachment, only to crumble a few years later under the weight of his own public scandal. Born on April 8, 1947 in Laredo, TX, Delay grew up with his family in Venezuela, where his father worked in the oil business. The family eventually moved back to Texas, where he attended Calallen High School in Corpus Christi, followed by a two year stint at Baylor University which ended in h…more