Bob Price (Texas politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Bob Price.jpg

| office1 = Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas

| party = Republican

| term_start1 = January 3, 1967

| term_end1 = January 3, 1975

| preceded1 = Walter E. Rogers

| succeeded1 = Jack Hightower

| constituency1 = {{ushr|TX|18|C}} (1967–73)
{{ushr|TX|13|C}} (1973–75)

| state_senate3 = Texas

| district3 = 31st

| term_start3 = January 18, 1978

| term_end3 = January 13, 1981

| preceded3 = Max Sherman

| succeeded3 = Bill Sarpalius

| birth_name = Robert Dale Price

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|9|7}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|08|24|1927|09|7}}

| birth_place = Reading, Kansas, U.S.

| death_place = Pampa, Texas, U.S.

| resting_place = Fairview Cemetery in Pampa

| occupation = Rancher

| spouse = Martha White

| children = 3

| alma_mater = Oklahoma State University (BS)

| allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}}

| branch = {{air force|United States}}

| serviceyears = 1951–1955

| battles = Korean War

| footnotes =

}}

Robert Dale Price (September 7, 1927 – August 24, 2004) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1975, and in the Texas Senate from 1978 to 1981.

Biography

Price was born in Reading, Lyon County, Kansas and educated in the Reading public schools. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in animal husbandry from Oklahoma State University–Stillwater in 1951.{{cite web|url=https://www.carmichael-whatley.com/obituaries/2304255|title= Robert D. Price|access-date=December 17, 2023}}

= Korean War =

He served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1955, flying twenty-seven combat missions during the Korean War. For his service, he was awarded an Air Medal before returning to Texas after his honorable discharge in 1955.

= Early career =

After the war, he owned and operated a ranch in Texas. He served as a delegate at the Texas State Republican conventions in 1964, 1966, and 1968. He was also a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach.

= Congress =

Price was elected as a Republican to the 90th and to the three succeeding Congresses (serving from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1975). While in Congress, Price served on the House Agriculture Committee and on subcommittees on NASA oversight and spaceflight. Price voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1968.{{Cite web |title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR … -- House Vote #113 -- Aug 16, 1967 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}} In 1971, Price was the sole Republican in the state's congressional delegation to vote for the Equal Employment Opportunity Act.{{Cite web |title=TO PASS H.R. 1746. -- House Vote #176 -- Sep 16, 1971 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/92-1971/h176 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}

In 1974, Price lost his re-election bid to Democrat Jack Hightower.{{cite news|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D10F2CADB4B24C0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F104B7C4A12920ED3|title=Former congressman, farmer, rancher dies|work=Amarillo Globe-News|date=August 26, 2004|accessdate=December 8, 2022|via=Newsbank}}

= Texas Senate =

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

= Later campaigns and death =

Price then had three unsuccessful runs for the U.S. House in 1988, 1990, and 1992.

He died on August 24, 2004, in Pampa, Texas; interment in Fairview Cemetery in Midland, Texas.{{cite web |author=United States Congress |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000528 |title=Bob Price |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=May 15, 2020}}

References

{{CongBio|P000528}}
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