29 Facts About Ralph Hall

Ralph Moody Hall was an American politician who served as the United States representative for from 1981 to 2015.

Ralph Hall was first elected in 1980, and was the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology from 2011 to 2013.

Ralph Hall was a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

On March 6,2014, Hall was challenged in the Republican primary by five other Republicans.

Ralph Hall was born in Fate, Texas, and was a lifelong resident of Rockwall County, northeast of Dallas.

Ralph Hall joined the US Navy on December 10,1942, serving as an aircraft carrier pilot from 1942 to 1945 during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant.

When he was young, Ralph Hall pumped gas for a man and woman whom he later identified as the infamous gangsters Bonnie and Clyde.

Ralph Hall attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth during 1943.

Ralph Hall was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1951 and maintained a private law practice in Rockwall for many years.

Ralph Hall was elected county judge of Rockwall County, Texas, in November 1950.

Ralph Hall was the president and CEO of Texas Aluminum Corp.

Ralph Hall was the fourth person to represent the 4th District since its creation in 1903.

In November 2004, Ralph Hall ran for his first full term as a Republican.

Ralph Hall got heavy White House backing, from then-President George W Bush in the three-way GOP primary that year, defeating two opponents.

In May 2013, Ralph Hall announced his bid for an 18th term in the US House.

Ralph Hall was an early supporter of a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget and favored legislation requiring a super majority on any tax increases.

Ralph Hall frequently clashed with the Clinton Administration, and voted for three of the four articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton.

Ralph Hall endorsed George W Bush for President in 2000, becoming one of the few Democratic politicians to do so.

Ralph Hall has been an original co-sponsor of bills to repeal the estate tax and the marriage tax.

Ralph Hall was frequently urged to switch parties, especially after the Republicans took control of the House in 1995.

Ralph Hall was the only White Democratic congressman not targeted by the remap, but his district was shifted slightly to the north.

In January 2004, on the final day for candidates to file to get their names on the ballot for the March 9,2004, primary, Ralph Hall switched parties and became a Republican.

Ralph Hall became chairman of the House Energy Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

Ralph Hall joined the Republican Study Committee, a caucus of conservative House Republicans.

Ralph Hall said his dealings with the law firm were with Lloyd Meeds, a partner with the firm, which at the time listed 36 attorneys on staff, not with Jack Abramoff, the firm's representative for the CNMI contract.

On December 1,2011, Ralph Hall gave an interview to National Journal in which he expressed disbelief in anthropogenic climate change.

Ralph Hall accused climate scientists of concocting the evidence for anthropogenic climate change to receive federal research grants, citing the Climategate controversy and calling investigations which had largely exonerated them "straw-man reviews".

Ralph Hall married the former Mary Ellen Murphy on November 14,1944, while he was serving in the United States Navy in Pensacola, Florida.

Ralph Hall died of natural causes on March 7,2019, in Rockwall, Texas, at the age of 95.