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  Pool, Joe
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameJoe Pool
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Dallas, Texas , United States
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Born February 18, 1911
DiedJuly 14, 1968 (57 years)
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Dec 02, 2015 04:13pm
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InfoPOOL, Joe Richard, a Representative from Texas; born in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., February 18, 1911; attended the Dallas public schools and the University of Texas, 1929-1933; graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Tex., in 1937; was admitted to the Texas bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Dallas, Tex.; served with the United States Army as a special investigator, Air Corps Intelligence, 1943-1945; member of State house of representatives, 1953-1958; unsuccessful candidate for the Eighty-sixth Congress in 1958 and the Eighty-seventh Congress in 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth, Eighty-ninth, and Ninetieth Congresses, and served from January 3, 1963, until his death in Houston, Tex., July 14, 1968; interment in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.

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DISCUSSION
Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY
Wife Elizabeth Pool 00, 0000-Jul 14, 1968
Son Joe Pool Jr. 0000-

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RACES
  05/04/1968 TX District 3 - D Primary Won 74.60% (+49.20%)
  11/08/1966 TX District 3 Won 53.42% (+6.84%)
  11/03/1964 TX At-Large Won 66.91% (+34.18%)
  06/06/1964 TX At-Large - D Runoff Won 57.24% (+14.48%)
  05/02/1964 TX At-Large - D Primary Won 48.30% (+25.85%)
  11/06/1962 TX At-Large Won 56.12% (+12.25%)
  06/01/1962 TX At-Large - D Runoff Won 57.05% (+14.09%)
  05/05/1962 TX At-Large - D Primary Won 20.34% (+0.00%)
  11/08/1960 TX District 5 Lost 42.68% (-14.64%)
  07/26/1958 TX District 5 - D Primary Lost 41.38% (-12.46%)
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