Bob Krueger

Robert Charles Krueger (born September 19, 1935), American politician, is a former U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a former U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party. Image from [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      Senate composition following 2006 elections The United States Senate is... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... This is a list of ambassadors from the United States. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...

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 in 1964. He was then a professor and dean at Duke University. His edition of the poems of Sir John Davies was published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford in 1975. Motto: friendship Location Government County Comal County Founded 1845 Mayor Bruce Boyer Geographical characteristics Area    - City 76. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Dallas Hall at Dedman College at SMU The Laura Lee Blanton Hall during a rare snow Southern Methodist University (also known as SMU) is a private, coeducational university in University Park, Texas, (an enclave of Dallas). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... College name The House of Scholars of Merton Named after Walter de Merton Established 1264 Sister College Peterhouse Warden Prof. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

Krueger was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth United States Congresses, serving from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1979. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate from Texas in 1978 losing to incumbent John Tower. From 1979-1981, he was Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Mexican Affairs at the Department of State. In 1993, Governor Ann Richards appointed him to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lloyd Bentsen, who became Secretary of the Treasury in President Clinton's cabinet. He served from January 21, 1993 until June 14, 1993. He lost the June 1993 special election for the remainder of the term ending January 4, 1995 to Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was the first Republican United States senator from Texas since the Reconstruction after the Civil War. ... Dorothy Ann Willis Richards (September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician and teacher from Texas. ... Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. ... The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the finance minister of the Federal Government of the United States. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison, usually known as Kay Bailey Hutchison (born July 22, 1943, in Galveston, Texas), is the senior United States Senator from Texas. ...

President Clinton appointed Krueger U.S. Ambassador to Burundi in 1994. Krueger was given the choice between the ambassadorships to Burundi and New Zealand, and chose Burundi. He served in Burundi until 1995, when his convoy was ambushed in Cibitoke province. In 1996, he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Botswana and concurrently Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Southern African Development Community. He held those posts until 2000, when he became a Visiting Fellow at Merton College, Oxford and began to write a memoir of his time in Burundi. It was published as Cry from the Heart of Africa by the University of Texas Press in 2006.

Before serving in the Senate, Krueger was a professor of business and government relations at the University of Texas at Austin from 1985-1986 and a professor of public affairs at Rice University from 1986-1988. He served as Texas Railroad Commissioner from 1991-1993, the body in charge of oil and gas regulation in Texas. The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is a doctoral/research university located in Austin, Texas. ... Lovett Hall William Marsh Rice University, commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science and Art, is a private, comprehensive research university located in Houston, Texas near the Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. ...

Several years ago, Krueger and his family were the victims of a stalker. Their plight led to the passage of anti-stalking legislation in Texas.

External links

• Congressional biography
• Voting record maintained by the Washington Post