Phil Gramm

A Representative and a Senator from Texas. Born in Fort Benning, Muscogee County, Ga. , July 8, 1942. Attended the Muscogee County public schools. Graduated, Georgia Military Academy, Atlanta 1961. Graduated, University of Georgia, Athens 1964. Received a doctorate, University of Georgia 1967. Professor of economics, Texas A&. M University 1967-1978. Author. Elected in 1978 as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth Congress. Reelected as a Democrat to the two succeeding Congresses. Resigned January 5, 1983, to run for election to the Ninety-eighth Congress as a Republican. Reelected as a Republican, by special election, on February 12, 1983, and served January 3, 1979, to January 5, 1983, and February 12, 1983, to January 3, 1985. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1984. Reelected in 1990 and again in 1996 and served from January 3, 1985, to November 30, 2002, when he resigned. Not a candidate for reelection in 2002. Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee (One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses), Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (One Hundred Sixth Congress and One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3, 2001. January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001]).