Bruce Reynolds Alger was the second Republican congressman from Texas since Reconstruction, serving from 1955 until 1965. He was born in Dallas on June 12, 1918, but he was reared in Webster Groves, Missouri, a small St. Louis suburb. This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... // Reconstruction was the period in United States history, 1865–77, that resolved the issues of the American Civil War when both the Confederacy and its system of slavery were destroyed. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Dallas redirects here. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Webster Groves is a city located in St. ... Official language(s) None Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Location Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Government Country State County United States Missouri Independent City Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 66. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Education and business career

Alger attended Princeton University in New Jersey on a scholarship. He studied philosophy, art, and music. 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 Army. He flew B-52s and attained the rank of captain. On returning to civilian life, RCA refused to rehire him on the grounds that he had been out of television production for too long. Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson Consumer Electronics, which manufactures RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related accessories; and... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union United States United Kingdom and others Axis Powers: Germany Japan Italy and others Commanders Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Winston Churchill Adolf Hitler Hideki Tojo Benito Mussolini Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military... Army (from French armée) can, in some countries, refer to any armed force. ... B-52 can refer to the following: The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft A hairstyle popular in the 1950s and 1960s, named after the aircraft A rock band, The B-52s, named after the hairstyle A cocktail This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists...

In 1945, Alger moved to Dallas and formed his own real estate and land development company. He was chosen as the first president of the White Rock Chamber of Commerce. 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Chambers of commerce are business advocacy groups which are usually not associated with government. ...

Congressional service (1955-1965)

In 1954, Alger became the Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives for the Fifth Congressional District. Given Texas' Democratic tradition, it was unexpected that he would win. Yet, Alger received 27,982 ballots (52.9 percent) to Democrat Wallace Savage's 24,904 (47.1 percent). He was the only Republican in the Texas delegation for eight years until 1963, when Ed Foreman of Odessa, Texas, later of Dallas, joined him for two years. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Texas District 5 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves an area that includes the southeast portion of Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller counties south and east of Dallas including Anderson, Freestone, Henderson and Limestone counties. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Edgar Franklin Ed Foreman is a prominent motivational speaker who was the only person in the twentieth century to represent two different states -- Texas and New Mexico -- in the U.S. Congress. ... Nickname: City of Contrasts Location Location within the state of Texas Government County Ector County Mayor leader_name = Larry Melton {{{leader_name}}} Geographical characteristics Area     City 95. ... Dallas redirects here. ...

Alger served during the heyday of the Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn era. As a Republican and a most conservative Republican at that, he was the odd man out in the Texas delegation. Alger considered himself an individualist, a constitutionalist, and a man of principles. Critics, however, equated his principles to stubbornness. Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... ...

His belief in limited government conflicted with many of his colleagues, who expected to trade for votes on various issues and projects, something he refused to do. In the era of civil rights, he believed that solutions lay with local, not national government. He maintained that the national government should concentrate on defense and foreign affairs. He believed that the responsibility for social programs belonged at the local level. He was the only member of the House, for example, to oppose the popular school lunch program.

According to Time magazine (January 6, 1958), Alger assessed the upcoming second session of the Democratic 85th Congress in a pessimistic but resolved vein: "I foresee bitterness and hatefulness. . . . We are going to squabble and fight and make the world think we hate each other and that we can't solve our problems. We are going to have bigger and bigger budgets, higher taxes, more government spending at home and abroad, and more inflation accompanied by deficit financing. Happy New Year!" A pocket watch, a device used to measure time. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Defeated for reelection, 1964

Alger's opposition to "big government" worked against him politically. In 1962, he won his last term in the House with 89,938 votes (56.3 percent) to Democrat Bill Jones' 69,813 (43.7 percent). He was unseated in the 1964 general election by the former mayor of Dallas, Democrat Earle Cabell. Alger polled 127,568 ballots (only 42.5 percent), a considerable number of votes in a House election. Yet, turnout was so much higher in 1964 than in 1962 that Alger lost even though he polled nearly 40,000 more votes in the latter year than in the former. Cabell prevailed with 172,287 (57.5 percent). Alger's defeat can be attributed to: Earle Cabell (October 27, 1906 – September 24, 1975) was a Texas politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas during the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was later a U.S. Representative. ...

1. The slowly increasing liberalism of Dallas voters, who also purged the entire six-member Republican state legislative delegation from Dallas County,
2. The political climate that stemmed from the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas,
3. The Democratic tradition of Texas,
4. The presence of a native Texan, President Johnson, on the ballot, and
5. The weak opposition candidacy of Alger's preferred presidential choice, Republican Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona.

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Return to private life

After a decade in Congress, Alger resumed working as a real estate broker. He moved for a time to Florida but returned to Dallas in 1976. He remained out of the political limelight, except for a few occasional public appearances. Alger's extensive congressional papers are located in the archives section of the Dallas Public Library. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Alger resides in Carrollton in Dallas County. City nickname: none Location in the state of Texas Counties Collin County Dallas County Denton County Mayor Becky Miller Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 36. ... Dallas County is a county located in the state of Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). ...

Related persons

The first post-Reconstruction Republican congressman from Texas was Harry M. Wurzbach, who served in the 1920s, from a San Antonio and Hill Country district. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Social issues of the 1920s. ... San Antonio (the Spanish name of Saint Anthony) is a common toponym in parts of the world where the Spanish language is or was spoken: Argentina San Antonio, Jujuy province Belize San Antonio, Cayo District Chile San Antonio Mexico San Antonio, San Luis Potosí Philippines San Antonio, Quezon San Antonio...

Cabell represented the Fifth District until his defeat in 1972 by Republican Alan Steelman. The seat reverted to the Democrats in 1976, when Jim Mattox was elected to succeed Steelman. Steelman ran for the U.S. Senate that year instead of reelection to a third House term. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Alan Watson Steelman is a Dallas businessman who was a Republican congressman from Texas between 1973 and 1977; at the time of his election, he was the youngest sitting member of Congress. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... James Albon Jim Mattox (born August 29, 1943) is a Dallas lawyer and Texas Democratic politician who served three terms in the U.S. Congress and two terms as attorney general but lost high profile races for governor in 1990 and the U.S. Senate in 1994. ...

External links

• http://dallaslibrary.org/CTX/archives/MA83-11.html
• http://karws.gso.uri.edu/JFK/history/wc_period/Pre-WCR_reactions_to_assassination/Pre-WCR_reactions_by_the_left/Tussle_in_Texas/Tussle_in_Texas.html
• http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000106
• http://www.dallashistory.org/cgi-bin/webbbs_config.pl?read=7682
• http://www.time.com/time/archive/printout/0,23657,868078,00.html
• http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html