Greg Laughlin
| Greg Laughlin | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 14th district |
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In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Mac Sweeney |
| Succeeded by | Ron Paul |
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January 21, 1942 Bay City, Texas |
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Democratic (1989-1995) Republican (1995-1997) |
Gregory H. "Greg" Laughlin (born January 21, 1942) is a politician from the state of Texas. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives.
Laughlin was born in Bay City, Texas, and was raised in West Columbia, Texas where he still maintains a residence and he graduated from Texas A&M University. Laughlin served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970 and later was a reservist. Before election to Congress in 1988, he practiced law in Texas. He served as Assistant District Attorney in Houston, Texas, for four years before returning to private practice.
A conservative Democrat, Laughlin ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1986, narrowly losing to freshman Republican Mac Sweeney, who had served as an aide in the Ronald W. Reagan White House. Laughlin sought a rematch in 1988, and this time he won. Laughlin survived a bitter re-election campaign during the next cycle despite old allegations involving favoritism to a firm.
Laughlin was the only member of Congress to see active duty during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves.
In 1995, the Republican Party, which had gained a majority in the House for the first time in four decades, offered Laughlin a seat on the Ways and Means committee if he joined the GOP. Laughlin did so on June 26, 1995. He claimed that as a Democrat, he had to make some hard votes.
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