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September 19, 1935) is an American diplomat, politician, and Senator from

Texas, a former U.S. Ambassador, and a

member of the Democratic Party.

As of 2021, he is the last Democrat to serve as a United States Senator from

Texas. Born in New Braunfels, Texas,

Krueger earned a B.A. from Southern Methodist

University in 1957 and an M.A. from Duke University in 1958. He went to Merton College, Oxford,

earning a D.Phil. in English literature with a thesis entitled The

poems of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke. He taught English

literature as a professor and was later vice provost and Dean of the Trinity

College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University. His edition of the poems of Sir John Davies

was published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1975. Krueger held business

positions as chairman of the board of Comal Hosiery Mills and managing partner

of the Krueger Brangus Ranch before entering elective office. Krueger was

elected to the 94th and 95th United States Congresses, serving from January 3,

1975 to January 3, 1979. Krueger was initially elected to the U.S. House of

Representatives to represent Texas's 21st congressional

district, then the largest congressional district in Texas,

stretching from northern San Antonio to Big Bend National Park in

far west Texas. In the general election, Krueger defeated Republican Doug Harlan of

San Antonio, who had also run unsuccessfully against Fisher in 1972.

Coincidentally, Harlan like Krueger had obtained a master's degree from Duke

University. He then received a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and became heavily

involved in Republican Party consulting work.[2] Krueger was part of the large "Watergate

Class" of 1974, many of whom were Democrats who owed their election to the

scandal that brought the resignation of President Richard Nixon three months before the election. Krueger

was reelected for a second House term in 1976 along with the election of Jimmy Carter as president. Krueger challenged incumbent

Republican John Tower in 1978 for

a U.S. Senate seat from Texas, but Krueger narrowly lost the contest by 0.3%. In 1984,

he ran again for the U.S. Senate. Tower decided to retire but Krueger lost in

the Democratic primary, caught in the middle between the more liberal State

Senator Lloyd Doggett and the

more conservative U.S. Representative Kent Hance. In 2010, Krueger's campaign was named by the Houston Chronicle as the ninth-worst in Texas' modern

political history, saying: "Caught in the middle, Krueger seemed like a

bland centrist facing a fiery liberal and a folksy conservative. He ended up

finishing third, out of the runoff and out of luck." From 1985 to 1989, he

also wrote a regular column on a broad range of public affairs issues, which

was carried in newspapers in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, and Corpus Christi,

Texas. In 1990, Krueger returned to

elective office in Texas, serving on the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulated oil and gas as well

as the rail system in the state. In his candidacy, Krueger received the most

votes of any contested candidate on the primary ballot of either major party

and defeated his general election opponent by a 16 percent margin. He was appointed by

Governor Ann Richards in 1993

to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of four-term

incumbent and 1988 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Lloyd Bentsen, who became Secretary of the cabinet. He

served from January 21, 1993 until June 14, 1993. He lost the June 1993 special election runoff for the remainder of

the term ending January 3, 1995 by a 2-to-1 margin to the popular Texas State Treasurer,

Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison. In

2010, Krueger's campaign was named by the same Houston

Chronicle article as the single worst in Texas' modern

political history.[4] Reasons cited for the defeat included Krueger's

flip-flopping over don't ask, don't tell and

also Bill Clinton's proposed BTU tax, which was unpopular in Texas.