Ronald D. Coleman | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 16th district |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 |
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Preceded by | Richard C. White |
Succeeded by | Silvestre Reyes |
Personal details | |
Born |
Ronald D'Emory Coleman November 29, 1941 El Paso, Texas |
Political party | Democratic |
Ronald D'Emory Coleman (born November 29, 1941) is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. He was elected as a Democrat to the 98th United States Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses. He served from January 3, 1983 until January 3, 1997. He was not a candidate for re-election to the 105th United States Congress. He was implicated in the House banking scandal in 1992 but was reelected following receipt of a letter of no wrongdoing from the Department of Justice. In Congress he was a member of the House Appropriations Committee, the House Armed Services Committee, and the Select Committee on Intelligence.