Bruce Alger

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Bruce Alger
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district
In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965
Preceded by	Joseph Franklin Wilson
Succeeded by	Earle Cabell
Personal details
Born	Bruce Reynolds Alger (1918-06-12)June 12, 1918 Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Died	April 13, 2015(2015-04-13) (aged 96) Palm Bay, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Lucille Antoine Alger ​ ​ (m. 1943; div. 1961)​ Priscilla Jones Alger ​ ​ (m. 1976; died 2012)​
Children	5
Occupation	Real estate broker
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1941–1945
Battles/wars	World War II

Bruce Reynolds Alger (June 12, 1918 – April 13, 2015) was an American politician, real estate agent and developer, and a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, the first to have represented a Dallas district since Reconstruction. He served from 1955 until 1965. Though born in Dallas, Alger was reared in Webster Groves, Missouri, a small suburb of St. Louis.