Bob Price (Texas politician)

Robert Dale " Bob " Price ( born September 7, 1927 in Reading, Lyon County, Kansas; † August 24, 2004 in Pampa, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1967 and 1975 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Bob Price attended the common schools and then studied until 1951 at Oklahoma State University. Between 1951 and 1955 he served in the United States Air Force. During the Korean War he flew 27 combat missions. For his military services he was awarded the Air Medal. After his military service, Price managed his now acquired ranch in Texas. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party. In the years 1964, 1966 and 1968 he was a delegate to the regional party days of the Republicans in Texas. In August 1968, he also participated in the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach in part, was nominated for the Richard Nixon as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1966, Price was in the 18th electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Walter E. Rogers on January 3, 1967. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3rd, 1975 four legislative sessions. Since 1973 he has acted as the successor to Graham B. Purcell the 13th district of his state. In his time as a congressman fell among other things, the Vietnam War, the culmination of the civil rights movement and the Watergate scandal. This affair hurt the Republican Party and its elected representatives. Many were not re-elected in 1974. This included Bob Price.

In 1976, he competed unsuccessfully for his return to the Congress. Between 1978 and 1980 he sat in the Senate of Texas. In the years 1988, 1990 and 1992 Price each tried unsuccessfully to win his party's nomination for the congressional elections. He died on 24 August 2004 in Pampa and was buried in Midland. With his wife Martha he had three children.