Bruce Alger Collection 1954-1979

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Bruce Alger Collection 1954-1979

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/dalpub/08311/08311-P.html

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Texas/Dallas History & Archives , Dallas Public Library

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Alger, Bruce

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Occasionally in history a person emerges who stands apart, either by choice or chance. In 1954 such a man was elected by the Texas Fifth District as the first Republican U. S. Representative from Texas since the Civil War. Whether Bruce Alger stood apart by chance or by choice depends on the interpretation of the issues and circumstances. Bruce Alger was born in Dallas, Texas, June 12, 1918, but was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. A recipient of a Blossum scholarship, Alg...