What is William Reynolds Archer Jr.?
{{Infobox Congressman |name=William Reynolds Archer Jr. |image name=William_Reynolds_Archer_Jr_Official_Photo.jpg |order= Chairman of the [[House Ways and Means Committee|Ways and Means Committee]] |term_start= January 3, 1995 |term_end= January 3, 2001 |predecessor= [[Sam Gibbons]] |successor= [[Bill Thomas]] |1blankname = Speaker |1namedata = [[Newt Gingrich]]<br>[[Dennis Hastert]] |state1=Texas |district1=[[Texas's 7th congressional district|7th]] |party=Republican |term_start1= January 3, 1971 |term_end1=January 3, 2001 |preceded1=[[George H.W. Bush]] |succeeded1=[[John Culberson]] |office2=Member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]] |term2=1967–1971 |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1928|3|2|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Houston, Texas]] |death_date= |death_place= |spouse=Sharon Sawyer |current occupation= }} '''William Reynolds “Bill” Archer Jr.''' (born March 22, 1928) is an [[Americans|American]] lawyer and politician. Archer served two terms, from 1967 to 1971, in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] – changing from the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] party in 1969. Archer Jr. later represented Texas in the [[United States House of Representatives]] as a Republican for 30 years, from 1971 until 2001, serving for his last six years as chairman of the powerful [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|House Ways and Means Committee]].<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archer.html#R9M0IO1WW Political Graveyard profile for William Reynolds Archer Jr.]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{CongBio|A000215}} * {{C-SPAN|williamarcher}} * [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/a000215/ Voting record maintained by the Washington Post] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315011749/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/a000215/ |date=2006-03-15 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Archer, William Reynolds Jr.}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:United States re