Bob Price (Texas politician)
Robert Dale "Bob" Price | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas | |
In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |
Preceded by | Graham B. Purcell Jr. |
Succeeded by | Jack Hightower |
Constituency | 13th District |
In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 | |
Preceded by | Walter Edward Rogers |
Succeeded by | Barbara Jordan |
Constituency | 18th District |
Member of the Texas Senate from the 31st district | |
In office 1978–1981 | |
Preceded by | Max Sherman |
Succeeded by | Bill Sarpalius |
Personal details | |
Born | Reading, Lyon County Kansas, U.S. | September 7, 1927
Died | August 24, 2004 Pampa, Gray County Texas | (aged 76)
Resting place | Fairview Cemetery in Pampa |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Martha A. "Marty" White Price |
Children | Grant Price Carl Benjamin Price |
Alma mater | Oklahoma State University - Stillwater |
Occupation | Rancher |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1951–1955 |
Battles/wars | Korean War |
Robert Dale "Bob" Price (September 7, 1927 – August 24, 2004) was a Republican politician from Pampa, Texas who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1975, and in the Texas Senate from 1978 to 1981.
Born in Reading, Lyon County, Kansas; educated in the Reading public schools; B.S., Oklahoma State University, 1951; United States Air Force, 1951–1955; flew twenty-seven combat missions during the Korean conflict; awarded Air Medal; returned to Texas after honorable discharge in 1955; owned and operated a ranch in Texas; delegate, Texas State Republican conventions, 1964, 1966, and 1968; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; member, Texas Senate, 1978–1980; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988, to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990 and to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; died on August 24, 2004, in Pampa, Texas; interment in , Midland, Texas.[1]
References[]
- ^ United States Congress. "Bob Price". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- United States Congress. "Bob Price (id: P000528)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060822133633/http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/79R/billtext/HR00024F.HTM
- Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections, U.S. House
- http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/war02
External links[]
- United States Congress. "Bob Price (id: P000528)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
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- Recipients of the Air Medal
- Ranchers from Texas
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- People from Lyon County, Kansas
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