He graduated from Domonte Middle School in Domonte in 1953 and studied at Gettysburg College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1957. Then I went to Duke University Medical College, 196 1 and got my master's degree. 196 1 to 1962 worked as an intern in a hospital in Detroit, and 1963 to 1968 worked as a military doctor in the US Air Force. During his tenure in the Air Force, Paul also completed training in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pittsburgh, and moved to the surf beach in Texas with his wife Carol Welsh in 1968. Paul sometimes goes back to his home in Lake Jackson for a holiday. 1974 became the representative of Texas Republican Party. 1974 was nominated by the Republican Party to run for Congress, but was defeated by the current Democratic Party member Robert R. Casey. When President Gerald Ford appointed Kathy as the secretary of the Federal Maritime Committee, Texas held a by-election of 1976 in April to elect a representative to replace him. Paul won the by-election, but lost to Robert A. Gammage of the Democratic Party in the general election six months later. Paul then defeated Gamaki in the election of 1978 and was elected as a member of the House of Representatives. Won the re-election of 1980 and 1982. He ran for the Republican nomination in the Texas Senate election of 1984, but ultimately failed. 1985, Paul resumed his position as a doctor, and his position in the House of Representatives was replaced by Tom Delay.
1988, Paul was nominated by the liberal party to run for president of the United States. Won the third place in the general election (43 1, 750 votes -0.47%), second only to Republican and Democratic candidates. Paul and his wife Carol Welsh got married on February 1, 1957. They first met at a dance hosted by singer Sophie Hawkins. Later, they went to different schools, but they still kept in touch and got married in Paul's last year at Gettysburg College.
They have five children: Ronnie, Lori, Rand, Robert and Joey. Paul has 17 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchildren. During the years when Paul was a doctor, he lived in Detroit with Carol, who once opened a dance school in their basement. Paul's three children-Rand, Robert and Joey-all became doctors. During his children's college and medical school, Paul insisted on paying their own tuition fees and refused to let them accept the student loan program funded by the federal government. The same Paul has always refused to accept parliamentary pensions with parliamentary privileges.
When Paul was running for the House of Representatives in Texas 14 District, in order to help him run for office, his wife Carol began to compile their secret recipes for home cooking into a cookbook and copied it to all families in the district. This cookbook also includes a photo of Paul's family. Since the original cookbook was published, this cookbook has been reprinted for five consecutive editions. Carol and other family members also set up a "Weekly Recipe" column on Paul's congressional campaign website. On 1987, Paul applied to become a lifelong party member of the Liberal Party, and has maintained this party member status ever since. Although he was elected as a Republican, he has always maintained close cooperation with the Liberal Party, and recently he delivered a speech at the National Congress of the Liberal Party in 2004.
George Getz, a spokesman for the Liberal Party, pointed out that many liberals from all over the country donated money to support Paul's campaign. Paul's public financial statements show that 765,438+0.4% of his campaign fund-raising came from outside Texas. Unlike many other politicians, most of Paul's election funds came from individuals (92.5% in 2004 and 96.8% in 2005), not from groups or enterprises.
Paul is also a member of the Republican Freedom Caucus, which represents liberals within the Republican Party.