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Bruce Alger | |
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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 June 12, 1918 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Died | April 13, 2015 Palm Bay, Florida, U.S. | (aged 96)
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 | |
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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.
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