Summary
PAUL, Ronald Ernest, (father of Rand Paul),
a Representative from Texas; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County,
Pa., August 20, 1935; graduated from Dormont High School, Dormont, Pa., 1953;
B.A., Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., 1957; M.D., Duke University Medical
Center, Durham, N.C., 1961; internship and residency training, Henry Ford
Hospital, Detroit, Mich., 1961 and 1962; obstetrics and gynecology training,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1965-1968; medical doctor; United
States Air Force, 1963-1965; United States Air National Guard, 1965-1968;
delegate, Texas state Republican convention, 1974; unsuccessful candidate for
election to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; elected as a Republican to the
Ninety-fourth Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of United States Representative Robert R. Casey (April 3,
1976-January 3, 1977); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; elected to the Ninety-sixth and to the two
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985); was not a candidate
for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1984, but was an unsuccessful
candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; author; unsuccessful
Libertarian Party candidate for election for President of the United States in
1988; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifth and to the seven
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-present); unsuccessful candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination in 2008.
See map of trips