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'''Ronald Ernest Paul''', MD (born [[August 20]], [[1935]]) 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]].

Elected as a [[United States 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''".

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 [[United States 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 prominent Republican congressman. From [[1985]] he returned to medical practice as an [[Obstetrics and gynaecology|OBGYN]].  

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