Former Rep. Ralph Hall, the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House, dies at age 95.
FILE - In this March 8, 2004, file photo, then President Bush, left, waves with Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, right, as they step off Air Force One upon Bush's arrival in Dallas. Former Rep. Hall, the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House, has died at age 95.
Getting ousted by his own party came a decade after Hall became a Republican as Texas moved farther to the right. Hall served 12 terms in Congress as a Democrat but announced in January 2004 that he’d made the switch, backed by his friend, George W. Bush. “I’m just an old guy — lived pretty clean,” Hall said just after breaking the record. “I have no ailments. I don’t hurt anywhere. I may run again. I’ll just wait and see.”
Ralph Moody Hall was born on May 3, 1923, in Fate, Texas. He attended Texas Christian University and the University of Texas, before earning a law degree at Southern Methodist University in 1951. Winning a U.S. House seat in 1980, Hall came to Washington just as Ronald Reagan’s presidency began and was among the Democratic conservatives who sided with Reagan on key budget issues, favoring efforts to reduce federal spending.
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