Tony Almeida, Jr. (Napoleon's World)

Anthony James "Tony" Almeida, Jr. (born July 8, 1944) is a retired US politician from Huron, who served from 1985-2013 in a series of Yorktown-based districts. He succeeded his father, Tony Almeida, Sr., who served a similar area from 1961-1985. A member of House Democratic leadership, Almeida served as House Majority Whip from 1999 to 2001, House Majority Leader from 2001 to 2007, and as House Minority Leader and House Democratic Caucus Leader from 2007-2013, when he retired after being termed out of leadership by House Democratic rules. He was regarded as a moderate and was famous for his family's Portuguese-American machine. In 2015, Almeida was indicted on seven federal corruption charges, for which he is currently on trial.