Roy C. Strickland
American real estate agent; political activist
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| Intro | American real estate agent; political activist | |||
| Places | United States of America | |||
| was | Businessperson Political activist Activist Real estate broker | |||
| Work field | Activism Business Politics | |||
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| Religion: | Episcopal church | |||
| Birth | 20 September 1942, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA | |||
| Death | 22 September 2010The Woodlands, Texas, USA (aged 68 years) | |||
| Star sign | Virgo | |||
| Politics: | Republican Party | |||
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Roy Clifton Strickland (September 20, 1942 – September 22, 2010) was a businessman in The Woodlands, Texas, north of Houston, who was a pioneer in the development of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Strickland challenged the Democrat Gillis William Long, a part of the Long political dynasty, for the United States House of Representatives in 1972. More than a decade later, he ran unsuccessfully for local office as a write-in candidate in Texas.