The omnipotent House Speaker was known for his working-class mien and preferred a shot and a beer when winding down. By Capitol Hill legend, O’Neill, who shacked up with fellow Massachusetts congressman Edward Boland, stocked his fridge exclusively with beer. O’Neill frowned upon abstemiousness when he found it. Once treated to a particularly austere breakfast by Jimmy Carter, who was new to the White House, O’Neill remarked, “Mr. President … you know, we won the election.”