Ralph M. Hall

A Representative from Texas. Born in Fate, Rockwall County, Tex. , May 3, 1923. Graduated from Rockwall High School, Rockwall, Tex. Attended Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Tex. , 1943. Attended University of Texas, Austin, Tex. , 1946-1947. LL. B. , Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex. , 1951. United States Navy, 1942-1945. Lawyer, private practice. Business executive. Rockwall County, Tex. , judge, 1950-1962. Member of the Texas state senate, 1962-1972. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the eleven succeeding Congresses. Changed from a Democrat to a Republican on January 5, 2004 (January 3, 1981-January 5, 2004). Served as a Republican in the One Hundred Eighth, and reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (January 5, 2004-January 3, 2015). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014. Chair, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (One Hundred Twelfth Congress). Died on March 7, 2019, in Rockwall, Tex. Interment at Rest Haven Memorial Park, Rockwall, Tex.