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Janice Ann Price Johnson​<br>

Janice Ann Price Johnson​<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

Gladys Ann and Benjamin F. Price, Sr.

Benjamin F., Sr., and Gladys Ann Watson Price

| religion=[[Baptist]]​

| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]​

| alma_mater=Reading (Kansas) High School<br>

| alma_mater=Reading (Kansas) High School<br>

[[Oklahoma State University]] at Stillwater​}}

[[Oklahoma State University]] at Stillwater​}}

==Background==

==Background==

Price was born to Gladys Ann Price (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 the former Gladys Ann Watson (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).

From 1951 to 1955, Price served in the [[United States Air Force]]. He flew twenty-seven combat missions during the [[Korean War]] and received the Air Medal.​ The Prices moved to Texas after his discharge from the Air Force. Throughout his adult life, he owned and operated a ranch near Pampa in Gray County northeast of [[Amarillo]]. The ranch was located in portions of four counties and had been in the Price family since 1907.​<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=P000528|title=Biography: Price, Robert Dale|publisher=Bioguideretro.congress.gov|accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref>

From 1951 to 1955, Price served in the [[United States Air Force]]. He flew twenty-seven combat missions during the [[Korean War]] and received the Air Medal.​ The Prices moved to Texas after his discharge from the Air Force. Throughout his adult life, he owned and operated a ranch near Pampa in Gray County northeast of [[Amarillo]]. The ranch was located in portions of four counties and had been in the Price family since 1907.​<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=P000528|title=Biography: Price, Robert Dale|publisher=Bioguideretro.congress.gov|accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref>

Price served on the House Agriculture Committee and on the Manned Space Flight and NASA Oversight subcommittees. He became very popular in his district; even though most of its living residents had never been represented by a Republican before (not counting Guill's brief stint), the area was already starting to move away from its Democratic roots.  Voters in this area had begun splitting their tickets as early as the 1940s, though conservative Democrats continued to hold most local offices (and would continue to do so well into the 1990s).  Price was reelected in 1968 with 65.2 percent of the ballots cast, and he was unopposed in 1970.​

Price served on the House Agriculture Committee and on the Manned Space Flight and NASA Oversight subcommittees. He became very popular in his district; even though most of its living residents had never been represented by a Republican before (not counting Guill's brief stint), the area was already starting to move away from its Democratic roots.  Voters in this area had begun splitting their tickets as early as the 1940s, though conservative Democrats continued to hold most local offices (and would continue to do so well into the 1990s).  Price was reelected in 1968 with 65.2 percent of the ballots cast, and he was unopposed in 1970.​

In 1972, even though Texas had gained a seat in redistricting, the Texas legislature merged Price's district with the [[Wichita Falls]]-based  13th congressional district held by the six-term Democrat Graham Boynton Purcell, Jr. (1919-2011).  The reconfigured district retained Purcell's district number, it was geographically and demographically more Price's district than Purcell's; Price retained more than two-thirds of his former territory.  As a result, Price defeated Purcell, 87,084 (54.8 percent) to 71,730 (45.2 percent).​<ref name=congq/>

In 1972, even though Texas had gained a seat in redistricting, the Texas legislature merged Price's district with the [[Wichita Falls]]-based  13th congressional district held by the six-term Democrat Graham Boynton Purcell, Jr. (1919-2011).  The reconfigured district retained Purcell's district number, it was geographically and demographically more Price's district than Purcell's; Price retained more than two-thirds of his former territory.  As a result, Price defeated Purcell, 87,084 votes (54.8 percent) to 71,730 (45.2 percent).​<ref name=congq/>

==A Watergate casualty==

==A Watergate casualty==