Francisco Canseco

Representative from Texas; born in Laredo, Webb County, Texas, July 30, 1949; B.A., St. Louis University, 1972; J.D., St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo., 1975; lawyer, private practice; banker; unsuccessful candidate for election to the 109th Congress in 2004 and the 111th Congress in 2008; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2013); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.