*** Welcome to piglix ***

Bob Krueger

Bob Krueger
Bob Krueger.jpg
United States Senator
from Texas
In office
January 21, 1993 – June 14, 1993
Appointed by Ann Richards
Preceded by Lloyd Bentsen
Succeeded by Kay Bailey Hutchison
10th United States Ambassador to Botswana
In office
July 13, 1996 – December 6, 1999
President Bill Clinton
Preceded by Howard Franklin Jeter
Succeeded by John E. Lange
13th United States Ambassador to Burundi
In office
June 19, 1994 – September 10, 1995
President Bill Clinton
Preceded by Cynthia Shepard Perry
Succeeded by Morris N. Hughes Jr.
Member of the Texas Railroad Commission
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 21, 1993
Governor Ann Richards
Preceded by Kent Hance
Succeeded by Mary Scott Nabers
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 21st district
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979
Preceded by Ovie Clark Fisher
Succeeded by Tom Loeffler
Personal details
Born Robert Charles Krueger
(1935-09-19) September 19, 1935 (age 81)
New Braunfels, Texas, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Kathleen Tobin
Alma mater

Southern Methodist University (B.A.) Duke University (M.A.)

Merton College, Oxford (Doctor of Philosophy)
Profession Academician

Southern Methodist University (B.A.) Duke University (M.A.)

Robert Charles Krueger (born September 19, 1935) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a former U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party. As of 2016, he is the last Democrat to serve as a Senator from Texas.

Born in New Braunfels, Texas, Krueger earned a B.A. from Southern Methodist University in 1957 and an M.A. from Duke University in 1958. He went to Merton College, Oxford, earning a D.Phil. in English literature with a thesis entitled The poems of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke. He taught English literature as a professor and was later vice provost and Dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University. His edition of the poems of Sir John Davies was published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1975. Krueger held business positions as chairman of the board of Comal Hosiery Mills and managing partner of the Krueger Brangus Ranch before entering elective office.

Krueger was elected to the 94th and 95th United States Congresses, serving from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1979. Krueger was initially elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Texas's 21st congressional district, then the largest congressional district in Texas, stretching from northern San Antonio to Big Bend National Park in far west Texas.


...
Wikipedia

...