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He is the first governor of Texas and the third elected governor of a U.S. state to use a wheelchair, after Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York (1929–1932) and George Wallace of Alabama (1963–1967, 1971–1979; 1983–1987).
Mar 1, 2024 · The governor has been in a wheelchair since the mid-1980s. After completing his undergraduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin in 1981 and earning his law degree in 1984 from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, Abbott took a job at a law firm in Houston, Texas.
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Nov 8, 2022 · Why is Governor Greg Abbott in a wheelchair? When he was 26, a freak accident resulted in Greg Abbott's paralysis from the waist down. Back on July 14, 1984, Abbott was jogging before a storm caused an oak tree to fall on him.
Oct 13, 2022 · Abbott is the first Texas governor to use a wheelchair. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay/AP. Greg Abbott’s conservative roots go back to before he was even born in Wichita Falls.
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Oct 13, 2022 · Abbott is the first Texas governor to use a wheelchair. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay/AP. Greg Abbott’s conservative roots go back to before he was even born in Wichita Falls. He had a grandfather...
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In 1984, was a 26-year-old Duncanville High School graduate who had just finished law school at Vanderbilt. He took a break from studying for the bar exam to go on a jog with his roommate in the ...
On a summer day in July 1984, Governor Greg Abbott, a 26-year-old recent law school graduate, decided to take a break from studying for the bar exam by going for a jog in a west Houston neighborhood as he’d done many times before.
