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| term_end=January 3, 1973
| term_end=January 3, 1973
| preceded=Walter Edward Rogers
| preceded=Walter Edward Rogers
| succeeded= [[Barbara Jordan]] (district realigned to cover [[Houston, Texas|Houston]])
| succeeded=[[Barbara Jordan]] (district realigned to cover [[Houston, Texas|Houston]])
| office2=U. S. Representative for Texas' 13th congressional district
| office2=U. S. Representative for Texas' 13th congressional district
| term_start2= January 3, 1973
| term_start2= January 3, 1973
Considered to have been among the most [[conservative]] members of his party, Price was only the second Republican since [[Reconstruction]] to represent Texas's 18th congressional district. (The first Republican representative from the since reconfigured district, Ben Hugh Guill (1909-1994), also of Pampa, held the seat for eight months in 1950.
Considered to have been among the most [[conservative]] members of his party, Price was only the second Republican since [[Reconstruction]] to represent Texas's 18th congressional district. (The first Republican representative from the since reconfigured district, Ben Hugh Guill (1909-1994), also of Pampa, held the seat for eight months in 1950.
==Background==
==Background==
Price was born to Gladys Ann Price (born 1897-1990) and Benjamin F. Price, Sr. (1898-1962), in [[rural]] Reading in Lyon County in eastern [[Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43886907/benjamin-f_-price|title=Benjamin F. Price, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref> He was educated in the Reading public schools and in 1951 received his bachelor's degree from [[Oklahoma State University]] in Stillwater, [[Oklahoma]]. After graduation, he married the former Martha Ann "Marty" White (born 1929).
Price was born to Gladys Ann Price (born 1897-1990) and Benjamin F. Price, Sr. (1898-1962), in [[rural]] Reading in Lyon County in eastern [[Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43886907/benjamin-f_-price|title=Benjamin F. Price, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref> He was educated in the Reading public schools and in 1951 received his bachelor's degree from [[Oklahoma State University]] in Stillwater, [[Oklahoma]]. After graduation, he married the former Martha Ann "Marty" White (born 1929).