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==Political career==

==Political career==

===U.S. House of Representatives===

===U.S. House of Representatives===

He resigned from his post on January 5, 1983 to run for election to the Ninety-eighth Congress as a [[Republican Party|Republican]]. He was reelected as a Republican by special election on February 12, 1983. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1984; reelected in 1990 and again in 1996 and served from January 3, 1985, to November 30, 2002, when he resigned. He held the seat filled by Republican [[John Tower]] from 1961 to 1985.

After being re-elected in 1982, Gramm was tossed out of the House Budget Committee. In retaliation, he resigned from his post on January 5, 1983 to run for the same seat as a [[Republican]]. The resulting special election triggered by his resignation was won by him on February 12, 1983.

 

He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1984; reelected in 1990 and again in 1996 and served from January 3, 1985, to November 30, 2002, when he resigned. He held the seat filled by Republican [[John Tower]] from 1961 to 1985.

===Post-congressional===

===Post-congressional===