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Ron Coleman | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromTexas's16th district | |
| In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Richard White |
| Succeeded by | Silvestre Reyes |
| Member of theTexas House of Representatives | |
| In office January 9, 1973 – January 11, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | 72nd district, Seat 3 (1973–1977) 72nd district, Seat B (1977–1983) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ronald D'Emory Coleman (1941-11-29)November 29, 1941 (age 83) El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Texas, El Paso (BA) University of Texas, Austin (JD) |
Ronald D'Emory Coleman (born November 29, 1941) is an American politician and formerDemocratic member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromTexas.
Born inEl Paso, Texas, Coleman attended public schools, earned aB.A. from theUniversity of Texas at El Paso in 1963, and aJ.D. from theUniversity of Texas School of Law in 1967.
He served in theUnited States Army from 1967 to 1969, attaining the rank ofcaptain. He was a public school teacher in El Paso and a legislative aid in both houses of theTexas Legislature. He was admitted to thebar and was an assistant county attorney inEl Paso County from 1969 to 1973. He attended theUniversity of Kent in 1981.
Coleman was elected to theTexas House of Representatives in 1972, and was reelected four additional times. He was a delegate to theTexas constitutional convention in 1974.
He was elected as a to the98th United States Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses. serving from 1983 to 1997. He was not a candidate for re-election to the105th United States Congress. In 1992, it was revealed that Coleman had over 670 overdrafts as part of theHouse banking scandal but was still able to win re-election.[1] In Congress he was a member of the House Appropriations Committee, the House Armed Services Committee, and the Select Committee on Intelligence.
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromTexas's 16th congressional district 1983–1997 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
| Preceded byas Former U.S. Representative | Order of precedence of the United States as Former U.S. Representative | Succeeded byas Former U.S. Representative |
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