Rayford Price Explained

Rayford Price
Office:Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
Preceded:Gus Franklin Mutscher
Succeeded:Price Daniel Jr.
Term Start:March 28, 1972
Term End:January 9, 1973
Office1:Member of the Texas House of Representatives
Term Start1:January 10, 1961
Term End1:January 9, 1973
Birth Name:William Rayford Price
Birth Date:9 February 1937
Birth Place:Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Profession:Lawyer
Residence:Austin, Texas, U.S.

William Rayford Price (February 9, 1937 – February 21, 2023) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member in the Texas House of Representatives from 1961 to 1973.[1] [2] [3] From 1972 to 1973, he served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.[4]

Price died on February 21, 2023, at the age of 86.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Speaker Rayford Price . 2016-10-23 . 2016-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161023195810/http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/speakerPage.cfm?memberID=773 . dead .
  2. Web site: Texas Legislators: Past & Present - Mobile .
  3. Web site: Rayford Price Biography - Texas House Speakers Oral History - Projects - Dolph Briscoe Center for American History . 2016-10-23 . 2016-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161023135108/https://www.cah.utexas.edu/projects/speakers_price.php . dead .
  4. http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legis/officers/price.pdf
  5. News: Former Texas House Speaker Rayford Price dies at 86 . 22 February 2023 . The Texas Tribune . 22 February 2023.