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'''Ronald Ernest Paul''', MD (born August 20, {{Event|year=1935|event=Birth|notes=Representative and U.S. Presidential candidate}}) is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 14th congressional district ([http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx14_109.gif map]).  First elected in [[1976]], he served through [[1984]], and then returned to Congress in [[1996]].
'''Ronald Ernest Paul''' (b. August 20, 1935) is a retired politician, author, and physician living in Lake Jackson, Texas. He was previously a member of the United States House of Representatives, first elected in a special election to Texas' 22nd congressional district from 1976-1977, and again 1979-1985. Later he was elected to Texas' 14th congressional district from 1996 until his retirement in 2013.


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Paul has run for president several times, launching his first campaign in 1988 as a Libertarian. He would run for president two more times in 2008 and 2012, seeking the Republican nomination both times.
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Elected as a [[Republican Party|Republican]], he professes a limited government [[libertarian]] ideology, which frequently conflicts with Republicans and most other Congressional colleagues. His regular votes against almost all proposals for government spending, initiatives, or taxes, and his frequent dissents in otherwise unanimous votes have earned him the nickname "''Dr. No''".
During the 2016 US Presidential election, Ron Paul received a single Electoral College vote from a faithless elector from Texas, making him both the oldest person and the second Libertarian (after 1972 candidate [[John Hospers]]) to receive an electoral college vote for president.<ref>http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/20/the-identity-of-the-faithless-elector-who-voted-for-ron-paul-and-why-he-did-it-has-been-revealed/</ref>


Ron Paul was born in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. He graduated from Dormont High School, Dormont, Pennsylvania [[1953]]. He received his B.A. from Gettysburg College ([[1957]]) and M.D. from [[Duke University]] School of Medicine ([[1961]]). He did his internship and residency training at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan from [[1961]] to [[1962]]. He was a flight surgeon in the [[United States Air Force]] from [[1963]] to [[1965]]. He went on to do obstetrics and gynecology training at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from [[1965]]-[[1968]].  In [[1968]] he and his wife Carol moved to Surfside Beach, Texas.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Ron Paul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dormont High School, Dormont, Pennsylvania 1953. He received his B.A. from Gettysburg College (1957) and M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine (1961). He did his internship and residency training at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan from 1961 to 1962. He was a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force from 1963 to 1965. He went on to do obstetrics and gynecology training at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1965-1968.  In 1968 he and his wife Carol moved to Surfside Beach, Texas.


He became a delegate to the Texas state Republican convention in [[1974]]. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to Congress in [[1974]] against entrenched liberal [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Robert R. Casey. When Casey was appointed head of the Federal Maritime Commission by President [[Gerald Ford]], a special election was held in April 1976 to replace him. Paul won that election but lost six months later in the general election to Democrat Robert A. Gammage although he defeated him in a [[1978]] rematch. He went on to be re-elected in [[1980]] and [[1982]]. He was the first Congressman to propose term limit legislation for the House of Representatives. In [[1984]], citing his term limits proposal, he did not seek reelection to the House, although he unsuccessfully contested the Republican primary for Senate. He was succeeded by [[Tom DeLay]], a now disgraced Republican congressman. From [[1985]] he returned to medical practice as an [[Obstetrics and gynaecology|OBGYN]].  
===Political Beginnings, 1st Term in Office (1974-1984)===
He became a delegate to the Texas state Republican convention in [[1974]]. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to Congress in [[1974]] against entrenched liberal [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Robert R. Casey. When Casey was appointed head of the Federal Maritime Commission by President [[Gerald Ford]], a special election was held in April 1976 to replace him. Paul won that but lost six months later in the general election to Democrat Robert A. Gammage.  


In {{Event|year=1988|event=Candidate|notes=U.S. President}}, Dr. Paul won the nomination of the [[1987 Libertarian National Convention|Libertarian Party]] for the [[President of the United States|U.S. Presidency]]. He eventually placed third (with 0.3% of the popular vote) behind [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Michael Dukakis]].  
He went on to defeat Gammage in [[1978]], and would be re-elected in [[1980]] and [[1982]]. He was the first Congressman to propose term limit legislation for the House of Representatives. In [[1984]], citing his term limits proposal, he did not seek reelection to the House, although he unsuccessfully contested the Republican primary for Senate. He was succeeded by Tom DeLay, a now disgraced Republican congressman. From 1985-1988 he returned to medical practice as an obstetrician and gynecologist.
====Committee Assignments (1974-1984)====
*House Banking Committee


In [[1996]], Paul was again elected to the House as a Republican. Mainstream Republican Party figures backed the incumbent, [[Greg Laughlin]], a Democratic representative who had switched parties in the wake of the Republican takeover of Congress. Laughlin attempted to portray Paul's views as extreme and eccentric. However, Paul won the primary and went on to win the general election.  
===1988 Presidential Campaign===
In {{Event|year=1988|event=Candidate|notes=U.S. President}}, Paul ran for president of the United States. Paul was nominated to run as the Libertarian Party Presidential candidate at the [[1987 Libertarian National Convention]]. He placed third in the 1988 election, behind Republican nominee and Vice President George H. W. Bush and Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis.
====1987 Libertarian Party National Convention====
After receiving the Presidential candidate nomination from the Libertarian Party, Alaska State House Representative [[Andre Marrou]] was unanimously selected to be his running mate.  


Leaders of the Texan Republican Party made similar efforts to defeat him in [[1998]], but he again won the primary and the election. The Republican congressional leadership then agreed to a compromise: Paul votes with the Republicans on procedural matters and remains nominally Republican in exchange for the committee assignments normally due according to his seniority. This is arguably similar to the deal that [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Jim Jeffords]] of [[Vermont]] has with the Democratic Party (though Jeffords was elected as a Republican and is now officially independent). He was convincingly re-elected in [[2000]] and [[2002]]. He was elected unopposed in [[2004]] to his ninth term in the Congress. He is a member of the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]].
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==Election Results==
'''Results'''
<center>'''Election results as a Libertarian candidate'''
{| class="wikitable"
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
|+ 1987 Libertarian Party National Convention Nomination for President of the United States
<tr>
|+ 1st Ballot (50% of Delegates needed to win)
<th>Year</th>
! Name !! Votes !! Percent
<th>Office</th>
|-
<th>Vote total</th>
| '''Ron Paul'''  || '''196''' ||  '''51.31%'''
<th>%</th>
|-
</tr>
| [[Russell Means]]  ||  120  ||  31.41%
<tr>
|-
<td>1988</td>
| James A. Lewis || 49 || 12.83%
<td align="left">President of the United States</td>
|-
<td align="right">432,207</td>
|-
<td align="right">0.47%</td>
| NOTA (write-in)  ||  14  ||  3.66%
</tr>
|-
</table>
| Harry Glenn || 3 || 0.79%
</center>
|}
<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/06/us/libertarians-pick-ex-congressman-in-88-bid.html</ref>


==Presidential Election Year Fundraising==
====Presidential Election Year Fundraising====
<ref>http://www.fec.gov/press/summaries/2016/tables/presidential/TopPresEle.pdf</ref>
<ref>http://www.fec.gov/press/summaries/2016/tables/presidential/TopPresEle.pdf</ref>
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====Election Results====
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|+ 1988 United States Presidential election
|-
! Party!! Name/Running Mate!! Electoral Votes!! Percent !! Votes
|-
| '''Republican''' || '''George H. W. Bush / Dan Quayle''' || '''426''' || '''53.37%''' || '''48,886,597'''
|-
| Democratic || Michael Dukakis / Lloyd Bentsen || 111 || 45.65% || 41,809,476
|-
| {{party shading/Libertarian}}| Libertarian || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| Ron Paul / [[Andre Marrou]] || {{party shading/Libertarian}}|  0 || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| 0.47% || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| 432,207
|-
| New Alliance || Lenora Fulani / Joyce Dattner || 0 || 0.24% || 217,221
|-
| Populist || David Duke / Floyd Parker || 0 || 0.05% || 47,004
|-
| Consumer/Progressive || Eugene McCarthy / Florence Rice || 0 || 0.03% || 30,905
|-
| American Independent || James Griffen / Charles Morsa || 0 || 0.03% || 27,818
|-
| Various || All Others || 0 || 0.16% || 143,915
|}
|}
===Return to the Republican Party, 2nd Term in Office (1996-2013)===
In [[1996]], Paul was again elected to the House as a Republican. Mainstream Republican Party figures backed the incumbent, [[Greg Laughlin]], a Democratic representative who had switched parties in the wake of the Republican takeover of Congress.  Laughlin attempted to portray Paul's views as extreme and eccentric.  However, Paul won the primary and went on to win the general election.
Leaders of the Texan Republican Party made similar efforts to defeat him in [[1998]], but he again won the primary and the election. The Republican congressional leadership then agreed to a compromise: Paul votes with the Republicans on procedural matters and remains nominally Republican in exchange for the committee assignments normally due according to his seniority. He was convincingly re-elected in [[2000]] and [[2002]]. He was elected unopposed in [[2004]] to his ninth term in the Congress. He was a member of the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]].
====Committee Assignments (1996-2013)====
'''Committee on Financial Services'''
*Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology (Chair)
*Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade
'''Committee on Foreign Affairs'''
*Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
===2008 Presidential Campaign===
On March 2007, Paul launched his second campaign for President, seeking the Republican nomination.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20081205085934/http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA031207.paul2008.EN.74141d9.html</ref> His campaign raised over $20 million, one of the largest amounts raised of the Republican candidates.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119906159792258573?mod=googlenews_wsj</ref> Paul would finish with second highest number of delegate votes at the 2008 Republican National Convention, losing the nomination to John McCain.
====Results====
{|class ="wikitable"
|+ 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination for President of the United States
!Name !! Percentage !! Votes
|-
|'''John McCain''' || '''98.44%''' || '''2,343'''
|-
|style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;"| Ron Paul ||style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;"|  0.88% ||style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;"|  21
|-
||Delegates that did not vote || 0.59% || 14
|-
|Mitt Romney || 0.08% || 2
|}
<ref>http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/R.phtml</ref>
===2012 Presidential Campaign===
Ron Paul announced his third bid for President of the United States on May 13, 2011, again seeking the Republican nomination.<ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/13/breaking-rep-ron-paul-announces-third-bid-for-presidency/</ref> Paul-aligned delegates experienced tremendous successes in state Republican conventions across the country. They went into the [[2012 Republican National Convention]] with a significant presence, including sufficient numbers to officially nominate Paul for President from the convention floor. However, a dubiously-ratified last minute change to the RNC Rules effectively blocked the effort, leading to Romney's uncontested nomination. <ref>See article and sources at [[2012 Republican National Convention]]</ref>
====Results====
{|class ="wikitable"
|+ 2012 Republican Nomination for President of the United States
! Name !! Percent !! Votes
|-
|'''Mitt Romney''' || '''90%''' || '''2061'''
|-
|style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;"| Ron Paul ||style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;"|  0.08% ||style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;"|  190
|-
|Rick Santorum || 0.04% || 9
|-
|Others || 0.01% || 3
|}
===A Magnificent Exception===
Arguably, there is an exception to the no-Libertarians-elected-to-national-office rule, at least if you spell "libertarian" with a small "l". (That is, implying philosophical libertarianism apart from party affiliation.) Ron Paul, U.S. Representative from the 14th District, Texas, has served in the U.S. Congress from 1976 to 1984 and 1997 to 2013. He has served as a Republican, but in 1988 he ran for President on the Libertarian party ticket. Although he is no longer affiliated with the Libertarian party, he remains and long has been the most principaled advocate of liberty in federal office.


== External Links ==
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* Gwynne, Sam (Oct. 1, 2001).  ''Texas Monthly''.
* Gwynne, Sam (Oct. 1, 2001).  ''Texas Monthly''.
* Bernstein, Alan (May 23, 1996). Newsletter excerpts offer ammunition to Paul's opponent; GOP hopeful quoted on race, crime. ''The Houston Chronicle'', p. A33.
* Bernstein, Alan (May 23, 1996). Newsletter excerpts offer ammunition to Paul's opponent; GOP hopeful quoted on race, crime. ''The Houston Chronicle'', p. A33.


==References==
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Ronald Ernest Paul
RonPaul2011.jpg
U.S House of Representatives
Texas' 14th District
January 3, 1997—January 3, 2013
Predecessor: Greg Laughlin
Successor: Randy Weber
U.S. House of Representatives
Texas' 22nd District
January 3, 1979—January 3, 1985
Predecessor: Bob Gammage
Successor: Tom DeLay
U.S. House of Representatives
Texas' 22nd District
1976—1977
Predecessor: Bob Casey
Successor: Bob Gammage
Personal Details
Birth: (1935-08-20) August 20, 1935 (age 89)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Education: Gettysburg College
Duke University
Military: United States Air Force
Occupation: Author, Physician
Residence: Lake Jackson, Texas.
Party: Libertarian (1987—96; 2015—present)
Republican (prior to 1987; 1996—2015)
Media
Website: http://ronpaulinstitute.org/
Facebook: Facebook
Twitter: Twitter
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Ronald Ernest Paul (b. August 20, 1935) is a retired politician, author, and physician living in Lake Jackson, Texas. He was previously a member of the United States House of Representatives, first elected in a special election to Texas' 22nd congressional district from 1976-1977, and again 1979-1985. Later he was elected to Texas' 14th congressional district from 1996 until his retirement in 2013.

Paul has run for president several times, launching his first campaign in 1988 as a Libertarian. He would run for president two more times in 2008 and 2012, seeking the Republican nomination both times.

During the 2016 US Presidential election, Ron Paul received a single Electoral College vote from a faithless elector from Texas, making him both the oldest person and the second Libertarian (after 1972 candidate John Hospers) to receive an electoral college vote for president.[1]

Biography

Early Life

Ron Paul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dormont High School, Dormont, Pennsylvania 1953. He received his B.A. from Gettysburg College (1957) and M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine (1961). He did his internship and residency training at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan from 1961 to 1962. He was a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force from 1963 to 1965. He went on to do obstetrics and gynecology training at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1965-1968. In 1968 he and his wife Carol moved to Surfside Beach, Texas.

Political Beginnings, 1st Term in Office (1974-1984)

He became a delegate to the Texas state Republican convention in 1974. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to Congress in 1974 against entrenched liberal Democrat Robert R. Casey. When Casey was appointed head of the Federal Maritime Commission by President Gerald Ford, a special election was held in April 1976 to replace him. Paul won that but lost six months later in the general election to Democrat Robert A. Gammage.

He went on to defeat Gammage in 1978, and would be re-elected in 1980 and 1982. He was the first Congressman to propose term limit legislation for the House of Representatives. In 1984, citing his term limits proposal, he did not seek reelection to the House, although he unsuccessfully contested the Republican primary for Senate. He was succeeded by Tom DeLay, a now disgraced Republican congressman. From 1985-1988 he returned to medical practice as an obstetrician and gynecologist.

Committee Assignments (1974-1984)

  • House Banking Committee

1988 Presidential Campaign

In 1988, Paul ran for president of the United States. Paul was nominated to run as the Libertarian Party Presidential candidate at the 1987 Libertarian National Convention. He placed third in the 1988 election, behind Republican nominee and Vice President George H. W. Bush and Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis.

1987 Libertarian Party National Convention

After receiving the Presidential candidate nomination from the Libertarian Party, Alaska State House Representative Andre Marrou was unanimously selected to be his running mate.

  • Button Ron-Paul-Libertarian-for-President.png

Results

1987 Libertarian Party National Convention Nomination for President of the United States 1st Ballot (50% of Delegates needed to win)
Name Votes Percent
Ron Paul 196 51.31%
Russell Means 120 31.41%
James A. Lewis 49 12.83%
NOTA (write-in) 14 3.66%
Harry Glenn 3 0.79%

[2]

Presidential Election Year Fundraising

[3]

1988 Total
Receipts
January 35,896
February 29,431
March 120,116
April 43,228
May 143,298
June 124,470
July 50,434
August 68,035
September 177,803
Oct 1 - Oct 20 98,394
Oct 21 - Nov 28 207,122
Nov 29 - Dec 31 11,156
1988 Total 1,109,383

Election Results

1988 United States Presidential election
Party Name/Running Mate Electoral Votes Percent Votes
Republican George H. W. Bush / Dan Quayle 426 53.37% 48,886,597
Democratic Michael Dukakis / Lloyd Bentsen 111 45.65% 41,809,476
Libertarian Ron Paul / Andre Marrou 0 0.47% 432,207
New Alliance Lenora Fulani / Joyce Dattner 0 0.24% 217,221
Populist David Duke / Floyd Parker 0 0.05% 47,004
Consumer/Progressive Eugene McCarthy / Florence Rice 0 0.03% 30,905
American Independent James Griffen / Charles Morsa 0 0.03% 27,818
Various All Others 0 0.16% 143,915

Return to the Republican Party, 2nd Term in Office (1996-2013)

In 1996, Paul was again elected to the House as a Republican. Mainstream Republican Party figures backed the incumbent, Greg Laughlin, a Democratic representative who had switched parties in the wake of the Republican takeover of Congress. Laughlin attempted to portray Paul's views as extreme and eccentric. However, Paul won the primary and went on to win the general election.

Leaders of the Texan Republican Party made similar efforts to defeat him in 1998, but he again won the primary and the election. The Republican congressional leadership then agreed to a compromise: Paul votes with the Republicans on procedural matters and remains nominally Republican in exchange for the committee assignments normally due according to his seniority. He was convincingly re-elected in 2000 and 2002. He was elected unopposed in 2004 to his ninth term in the Congress. He was a member of the Republican Liberty Caucus.

Committee Assignments (1996-2013)

Committee on Financial Services

  • Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology (Chair)
  • Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade

Committee on Foreign Affairs

  • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

2008 Presidential Campaign

On March 2007, Paul launched his second campaign for President, seeking the Republican nomination.[4] His campaign raised over $20 million, one of the largest amounts raised of the Republican candidates.[5] Paul would finish with second highest number of delegate votes at the 2008 Republican National Convention, losing the nomination to John McCain.

Results

2008 Republican Presidential Nomination for President of the United States
Name Percentage Votes
John McCain 98.44% 2,343
Ron Paul 0.88% 21
Delegates that did not vote 0.59% 14
Mitt Romney 0.08% 2

[6]

2012 Presidential Campaign

Ron Paul announced his third bid for President of the United States on May 13, 2011, again seeking the Republican nomination.[7] Paul-aligned delegates experienced tremendous successes in state Republican conventions across the country. They went into the 2012 Republican National Convention with a significant presence, including sufficient numbers to officially nominate Paul for President from the convention floor. However, a dubiously-ratified last minute change to the RNC Rules effectively blocked the effort, leading to Romney's uncontested nomination. [8]

Results

2012 Republican Nomination for President of the United States
Name Percent Votes
Mitt Romney 90% 2061
Ron Paul 0.08% 190
Rick Santorum 0.04% 9
Others 0.01% 3

A Magnificent Exception

Arguably, there is an exception to the no-Libertarians-elected-to-national-office rule, at least if you spell "libertarian" with a small "l". (That is, implying philosophical libertarianism apart from party affiliation.) Ron Paul, U.S. Representative from the 14th District, Texas, has served in the U.S. Congress from 1976 to 1984 and 1997 to 2013. He has served as a Republican, but in 1988 he ran for President on the Libertarian party ticket. Although he is no longer affiliated with the Libertarian party, he remains and long has been the most principaled advocate of liberty in federal office.

External Links

References

  • Gwynne, Sam (Oct. 1, 2001). Texas Monthly.
  • Bernstein, Alan (May 23, 1996). Newsletter excerpts offer ammunition to Paul's opponent; GOP hopeful quoted on race, crime. The Houston Chronicle, p. A33.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/20/the-identity-of-the-faithless-elector-who-voted-for-ron-paul-and-why-he-did-it-has-been-revealed/
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/06/us/libertarians-pick-ex-congressman-in-88-bid.html
  3. ↑ http://www.fec.gov/press/summaries/2016/tables/presidential/TopPresEle.pdf
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081205085934/http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA031207.paul2008.EN.74141d9.html
  5. ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119906159792258573?mod=googlenews_wsj
  6. ↑ http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/R.phtml
  7. ↑ http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/13/breaking-rep-ron-paul-announces-third-bid-for-presidency/
  8. ↑ See article and sources at 2012 Republican National Convention


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1988		 Succeeded by:
Andre Marrou


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