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{{Infobox officeholer
| name=Thomas Russell "Tom" Craddick, Sr.
| office=Texas State Representative for District 82 (Midland County)
| term_start = January 12, 1993
| preceded=
| succeeded=
| office2=Texas State Representative for District 76 (Midland County)
| term_start2=January 11, 1983
| term_end2=January 12, 1993
| preceded2=
| succeeded2=
| office3=Texas State Representative for District 68 (Midland County)
| term_start3=January 9, 1973
| term_end3=January 11, 1983
| preceded3 =
| succeeded3 =
| office4=Texas State Representative for District 70 (Midland County)
| term_start4=January 14, 1969
| term_end4=January 9, 1973
| preceded4 =
| succeeded4 =
| office5=Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
| term_start5=January 14, 2003
| term_end5=January 13, 2009
|preceded5=James "Pete" Laney
|succeeded5=[[Joe Straus]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=September 19, 1943
| birth_place=Beloit, [[Wisconsin]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| spouse=Nadine Nayfa Craddick
| children=Thomas R. Craddick, Jr.<br>
[[Christi Craddick]]
| residence=[[Midland]], [[Texas]]
| alma_mater=[[Texas Tech University]]
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
}}
'''Thomas Russell Craddick, Sr.''', known as '''Tom Craddick''' (born September 19, 1943), has represented [[Midland]] County in the [[Texas]] House of Representatives since 1969, but his district has had four different numerations during that time; in order, 70, 68, 76, and since 1993, District 82. Craddick is the senior [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the chamber and from 2003 to 2009 was the first member of his party in more than a century to be elected by colleagues as Speaker.
A native of Beloit, [[Wisconsin]], and an [[Eagle Scout]], Craddick graduated from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]]. He was initially elected at the age of twenty-five to the state House on November 5, 1968, when [[Richard M. Nixon]] defeated [[Hubert Humphrey]] and [[George Wallace]] for the presidency. He succeeded fellow Republican state Representative Frank Kell Cahoon of Midland, who stepped down after two terms.
Considered a [[conservative]], Craddick lost the Speaker's gavel in 2009 to [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]], who governs still through a coalition of about two dozen [[Moderate Republicans]], some of whom are estranged from the conservative faction in the party, and all of the chamber's [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. After being deposed as Speaker, Craddick did not retire as many similarly situated often do, but he has since won four more House elections to represent his adopted Midland County.
On November 6, 2012, when Craddick won his 23rd term in the Texas House, his daughter, [[Christi Craddick]], easily was elected as a Republican to the [[Texas Railroad Commission]], which regulates not railroads but [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]].
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| name=Thomas Russell "Tom" Craddick, Sr.
| office=Texas State Representative for District 82 (Midland County)
| term_start = January 12, 1993
| preceded=
| succeeded=
| office2=Texas State Representative for District 76 (Midland County)
| term_start2=January 11, 1983
| term_end2=January 12, 1993
| preceded2=
| succeeded2=
| office3=Texas State Representative for District 68 (Midland County)
| term_start3=January 9, 1973
| term_end3=January 11, 1983
| preceded3 =
| succeeded3 =
| office4=Texas State Representative for District 70 (Midland County)
| term_start4=January 14, 1969
| term_end4=January 9, 1973
| preceded4 =
| succeeded4 =
| office5=Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
| term_start5=January 14, 2003
| term_end5=January 13, 2009
|preceded5=James "Pete" Laney
|succeeded5=[[Joe Straus]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=September 19, 1943
| birth_place=Beloit, [[Wisconsin]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| spouse=Nadine Nayfa Craddick
| children=Thomas R. Craddick, Jr.<br>
[[Christi Craddick]]
| residence=[[Midland]], [[Texas]]
| alma_mater=[[Texas Tech University]]
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
}}
'''Thomas Russell Craddick, Sr.''', known as '''Tom Craddick''' (born September 19, 1943), has represented [[Midland]] County in the [[Texas]] House of Representatives since 1969, but his district has had four different numerations during that time; in order, 70, 68, 76, and since 1993, District 82. Craddick is the senior [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the chamber and from 2003 to 2009 was the first member of his party in more than a century to be elected by colleagues as Speaker.
A native of Beloit, [[Wisconsin]], and an [[Eagle Scout]], Craddick graduated from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]]. He was initially elected at the age of twenty-five to the state House on November 5, 1968, when [[Richard M. Nixon]] defeated [[Hubert Humphrey]] and [[George Wallace]] for the presidency. He succeeded fellow Republican state Representative Frank Kell Cahoon of Midland, who stepped down after two terms.
Considered a [[conservative]], Craddick lost the Speaker's gavel in 2009 to [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]], who governs still through a coalition of about two dozen [[Moderate Republicans]], some of whom are estranged from the conservative faction in the party, and all of the chamber's [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. After being deposed as Speaker, Craddick did not retire as many similarly situated often do, but he has since won four more House elections to represent his adopted Midland County.
On November 6, 2012, when Craddick won his 23rd term in the Texas House, his daughter, [[Christi Craddick]], easily was elected as a Republican to the [[Texas Railroad Commission]], which regulates not railroads but [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]].
{{DEFAULTSORT:Craddick, Tom}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
[[Category:Roman Catholics]]