What is Phil Gramm?
{{Infobox Senator | name = Phil Gramm | image = PhilGramm.jpg | imagesize = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] {{small|(1978–1983)}}<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] {{small|(1983–present)}} | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = [[Texas]] | term_start = January 3, 1985 | term_end = November 30, 2002 | preceded = [[John Tower]] | succeeded = [[John Cornyn]] | office2 = Chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs|Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs]] | term_start2 = January 20, 2001 | term_end2 = June 6, 2001 | predecessor2 = Paul Sarbanes | successor2 = Paul Sarbanes | term_start3 = January 3, 1999 | term_end3 = January 3, 2001 | predecessor3 = [[Al D'Amato]] | successor3 = [[Paul Sarbanes]] | state4 = Texas | district4 = 6th | term_start4 = January 3, 1979 | term_end4 = January 3, 1985 | preceded4 = [[Olin E. Teague]] | succeeded4 = [[Joe Barton]] | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1942|07|08}} | birth_place = [[Fort Benning, Georgia]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Economist | residence = | spouse = Wendy Lee Gramm | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[University of Georgia]] | religion = | signature = | website = }} '''Phil Gramm''' (born July 8, 1942) is an [[Americans|American]] economist and politician. He is a former [[United States Senator]] from [[Texas]]. He was a member of both the [[United States House of Representatives]] and the Senate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gramm, William Philip (Phil)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000365|publisher=Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress|access-date=July 15, 2015}}</ref> He unsuccessfully ran for President in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]. Gramm was born on July 8, 1942 in [[Fort Benning, Georgia]]. He graduated from the [[University of Georgia]]. He is married to Wendy Lee Gramm. They have two children. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{