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Ronald Ernest Paul is an American author, activist, physician and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States: as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and as a candidate for the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012.
Paul in 1979
An earlier congressional portrait of Paul, c. 1997
Paul in his Congressional office, September 1999
From 2011 to 2012, Ron Paul, a U.S. representative from Texas, unsuccessfully ran for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for the president of the United States.
Ron Paul at a townhall in Le Mars, Iowa on December 30, 2011
Paul speaking to supporters at a post-debate rally in Mesa, Arizona on February 22, 2012
Ron Paul support sign on day of the Michigan presidential primary, Ann Arbor