Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Texas: Governor of Texas Attorney General of Texas: Paraplegic due to a 1984 freak accident when a falling oak tree hit him in the back [20] Jim Baird: Republican: Indiana: U.S. Representative: Lost his left arm during a combat injury in the Vietnam War [21] Roswell P. Bishop: Republican: Michigan: U.S. Representative: Amputee, lost right arm ...
Blair was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1952, and served one term. [13] [14] As a state representative, she worked for a pay increase for teachers, for the renovation of the state school for the deaf, and for the right of women to serve on juries. [15] She also co-authored a bill requiring jail sentences for drunk drivers ...
American politicians with a disability. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American politicians . It includes politicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
On Sept. 1, 1999, Texas was the first state to require all new voting systems to be accessible to those with physical disabilities. The Lone Star State continues its commitment to provide ...
Sure, some politicians never worked a humble part-time job in high school or college. But most -- even politicians who make it to the top echelons of government -- spent their teenage years doing...
Politicians with disabilities by nationality (25 C) B. Blind politicians (137 P) D. Deaf politicians (29 P) Politicians with dyslexia (35 P) G. Government ministers ...
College Station: Elected in 1978. Resigned. Republican February 12, 1983 – January 3, 1985 Re-elected to finish his own term. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Kay Granger: Republican January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2025 12th: Fort Worth: Elected in 1996. Retired. Al Green: Democratic January 3, 2005 – present 9th: Houston: Elected in 2004 ...
Political Science Duke University [9] 1998 Jody Hice: Republican GA-10: 2015–2023 Ministry Luther Rice College and Seminary: 1988 Dave Loebsack [10] Democrat IA-2: 2007–2021 Political Science University of California, Davis: 1985 Andy Kim: Democrat NJ-03: 2019– International Relations: Oxford University: 2010 Donna Shalala: Democrat FL-27 ...