Bruce Reynolds Alger
| Bruce Reynolds Alger | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Franklin Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Earle Cabell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Bruce Reynolds Alger June 12, 1918 Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Died | April 13, 2015 (aged 96) Palm Bay, Brevard County Florida |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Lucille Antoine Alger (divorced 1961) |
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| Occupation | Real estate broker |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
(1) Lucille Antoine Alger (divorced 1961)
From first marriage:
David Alger (died 1964)
Steven Alger (died 2012)
Jill Alger
Stepchildren:
Robert Jones
Bruce Reynolds Alger (June 12, 1918 – April 13, 2015) was an American politician, real estate agent and real estate developer, and a former 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.
Alger was born in Dallas, Texas, to David Bruce Alger, a bank representative, and Clare Alger (née Freeman), an aspiring poet and writer. Alger attended Princeton University in New Jersey on a scholarship. There he studied philosophy, art, and music, and was a center for the football team. After his graduation in 1940, he went to work for the RCA Corporation as a field representative.
With the coming of World War II, he joined the United States Army, assigned to Squadron 5 at the Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas. He flew bombers and attained the rank of captain, claiming to be among the first American troops in Japan after the conclusion of the war in August 1945. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross. On returning to civilian life, RCA refused to rehire him on the grounds that he had been out of television production for too long.
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