Robert Dale Price (September 7, 1927 – August 24, 2004) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served in the

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from 1967 to 1975, and in the

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from 1978 to 1981. Born in

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, Lyon County, Kansas; educated in the Reading public schools; B.S.,

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, 1951;

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, 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). While in Congress, Price served on the

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and on subcommittees on

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oversight and spaceflight. In 1974, Price lost his re-election bid to Democrat

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 ...

. After unsuccessfully running for his old U.S. House seat in 1976, Price won a 1977 special election for a

seat, with the slogan "Price is right for Texas". Price served in the Texas Senate until losing his re-election bid in 1980 to Democrat

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. Price then had three unsuccessful runs for the U.S. House in 1988, 1990, and 1992. He died on August 24, 2004, in

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; interment in Fairview Cemetery,

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References

* * 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

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