Ralph Hall, a Democrat turned Republican from Texas who became the oldest person...
WASHINGTON - Ralph Hall, a Democrat turned Republican from Texas who became the oldest person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, died on Thursday at the age of 95, according to the Republican Party of Texas.
“Laura and I are deeply saddened that a good friend and a great Texan has died. Ralph Hall epitomized decency, class, and patriotism,” former U.S. President George W. Bush said in a statement. On Dec. 25, 2012, Hall became the oldest person ever to serve in the House, exceeding the record set more than eight decades earlier by former Representative Charles Manly Stedman of North Carolina. When he died in office in September 1930, Stedman, the last Civil War veteran to serve in Congress, was 89 years, seven months and 25 days old.
Hall and Democrat John Dingell of Michigan, who announced his retirement from the House in 2014, were the final World War Two veterans to serve in Congress. Hall once said, “I am pro-life, pro-guns, pro-fiscal restraint, pro-balanced budget, pro-free market. I think that makes me a conservative.” At the time, Democrats were harshly critical of Hall’s fellow Texan, President George W. Bush, for leading the United States into a war in Iraq to get rid of weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist. Hall said at the time that he was not comfortable remaining a Democrat “with them running down a president that I’ve known since he was 11.”
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