Bruce Alger
Bruce Alger | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Franklin Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Earle Cabell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bruce Reynolds Alger June 12, 1918 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 13, 2015 (aged 96) Palm Bay, Florida, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouses | Lucille Antoine Alger
(m. 1943; div. 1961)Priscilla Jones Alger
(m. 1976; died 2012) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Occupation | Real estate broker |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Bruce Reynolds Alger (June 12, 1918 – April 13, 2015) was an American politician, real estate agent and developer, and a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, the first to have represented a Dallas district since Reconstruction. He served from 1955 until 1965. Though born in Dallas, Alger was raised in Webster Groves, Missouri, a small suburb of St. Louis.