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William Roark Ratliff, known as Bill Ratliff (born August 16, 1936), is a Texas politician who served as a member of the Texas State Senate from 1988 to 2004.〔(Bill Ratliff ), Texas State Politics, University of Texas〕 Between 2000 and 2003 he served as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Texas, after previous Lieutenant Governor Rick Perry succeeded to the governorship to replace George W. Bush who resigned to become President of the United States.〔(Bill Ratliff, A New Texas Star? ), ''National Conference of State Legislatures'', April 2001〕 ==Biography== Bill Ratliff was educated at Sonora High School in Sonora in Sutton County in West Texas and then at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied civil engineering. Ratliff, along with brothers Shannon and Jack, was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He then worked as a civil engineer for thirty years.〔 He was first elected in 1988 as a Republican to the Texas State Senate from the district including his city of residence, Mount Pleasant in Titus County in northeast Texas. In 1992, he was appointed chairman of the Senate Education Committee by Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock. From 1997 to 1998, he served as President Pro Tempore of the Texas Senate.〔 Ratliff and his wife, the former Sally Sandlin, have three children and eight grandchildren.〔 Son Bennett Ratliff of Coppell, a civil engineer, served nine years as a Coppell ISD School Board Trustee and was elected in 2012 to represent District 115 in the Texas House of Representatives. Another son, Robert Thomas Ratliff (born 1967) of Mt. Pleasant, is the Republican Vice-Chairman of the Texas State Board of Education. Ratliff announced in 2003 that he would not run for reelection to the State Senate in 2004.〔(Bill Ratliff Calls It Quits ), ''Austin Chronicle'', 28 November 2003〕 Instead he soon resigned the Senate seat and was succeeded in a special election by Republican Kevin Eltife of Tyler. In 2005, Ratliff was awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for "the example he has set of courage and principle in American public life".〔(Bill Ratliff ), John F. Kennedy Library Foundation〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Ratliff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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