Eldon Beau Boulter (born February 23, 1942)
is an American
politician
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. He served as a
Republican member of the
United States House of Representatives
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, representing the
13th district of
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
.
Boulter was born in
El Paso, Texas
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau w ...
.
He and his family moved to
Levelland, Texas
Levelland is a city in Hockley County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 12,652, down from 13,542 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hockley County. It is located on the Llano Estacado, west o ...
.
[ ] He attended
Levelland High School, graduating in 1960.
Boulter attended the
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...
, where he earned his
bachelor's degree
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in 1965.
He then attended
Baylor Law School
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, graduating in 1968.
Boulter practiced
law
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in
Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo ( ; Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall County ...
.
He served as a member of the Amarillo City Commission.
In 1985, Boulter was elected to represent the
13th district of
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
in the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
.
He succeeded
Jack Hightower
Jack English Hightower (September 6, 1926 – August 3, 2013) was a former Democratic U.S. representative from Texas's 13th congressional district.
Early life
Born in Memphis, the seat of Hall County in West Texas, Hightower was a United States ...
. Before the win, Boulter was interviewed and he made declerations based on
abortion
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and also other issues.
[ ] In 1989, Boulter was succeeded by
Bill Sarpalius
William Clarence Sarpalius (; born January 10, 1948) is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, who from 1989 to 1995 represented Texas's 13th congressional district, a large tract of land which includes the Te ...
. He was nominated to serve office for the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
, but was unsuccessful.
References
External links
* http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/boulter-eldon-beau.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090217065723/http://boulter.com/boulter/people.html
* http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000666
* https://web.archive.org/web/20061108172637/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe
*''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections''
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1942 births
Living people
Politicians from El Paso, Texas
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
University of Texas at Austin alumni
Baylor Law School alumni
Politicians from Amarillo, Texas
People from Levelland, Texas
Politicians from Falls Church, Virginia
20th-century American politicians