Bob Krueger | |
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United States Senator from Texas |
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In office January 21, 1993 – June 14, 1993 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
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Preceded by | Ovie Clark Fisher |
Succeeded by | Tom Loeffler |
Personal details | |
Born |
Robert Charles Krueger September 19, 1935 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.