Tom Craddick
Politician
1943 –
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Who is Tom Craddick?
Thomas Russell Craddick, Sr., known as Tom Craddick, is the first Republican to have served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives since Reconstruction. Craddick wielded the Speaker's gavel from 2003-2009. A House member from the district based in Midland, Craddick was first elected in 1968 at the age of twenty-five.
On November 6, 2012, when Craddick won his 23rd term in the Texas House, his daughter, Christi Craddick, was easily elected as a Republican to the Texas Railroad Commission, the state's utility regulatory body.
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- Born
- Sep 19, 1943
Beloit - Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Texas Tech University
- Lived in
- Midland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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