Phil Gramm

Phil Gramm
United States Senator
from Texas
In office
January 3, 1985 – November 30, 2002
Preceded byJohn Tower
Succeeded byJohn Cornyn
Chair of the Senate Banking Committee
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
Preceded byPaul Sarbanes
Succeeded byPaul Sarbanes
In office
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001
Preceded byAl D'Amato
Succeeded byPaul Sarbanes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 6th district
In office
January 3, 1979 – January 5, 1983
Preceded byOlin Teague
Succeeded byHimself[a]
In office
February 12, 1983 – January 3, 1985
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byJoe Barton
Personal details
Born
William Philip Gramm

(1942-07-08) July 8, 1942 (age 82)
Fort Benning, Georgia, US
Political partyDemocratic (before 1983)
Republican (1983–present)
SpouseWendy Lee
Children2
EducationUniversity of Georgia (BA, MA, PhD)

William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries against eventual nominee Bob Dole.
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