   bob lanier (born march 10, 1925) is a businessman in the real estate industry (landar) who served as mayor of the city of houston, texas from 1992 to 1998. he is currently houston's oldest living mayor. ==background== lanier was elected mayor in 1991, 1993, and 1995, until term limits, enacted in 1991 and reinforced in 1994 by a grass-roots citizen initiative spearheaded by the conservative political activist clymer wright, prevented his candidacy in 1997. lanier averaged 88 percent in his re-election races, with strong support in each political party and ethnic group. as mayor, he was affectionately called "mayor bob." born to working class parents in the refinery town of baytown, texas in 1925, lanier was a child of the great depression who was greatly influenced by franklin delano rooseveltâs policies. lanier worked while attending college and started his career as a suma cum laude graduate from the university of texas law school in 1949. initially employed by baker & botts law firm, lanier practiced for a decade before switching gears to pursue a business career. during that business career he worked in banking and eventually he established himself as a major houston real estate developer, focusing mostly on subdivisions and apartments. in the 1991 mayor of houston election, most white voters of all economic levels voted for lanier. his strongest tallies came from affluent neighborhoods like river oaks, meyerland, uptown, memorial, and sharpstown; in those areas he won with 60 to 65 percent or more of the vote. lanier won 75 percent of the votes in his home houston precinct. in racially-mixed areas such as westbury and alief, lanier had the majority of votes with his main opponent, sylvester turner, having finished in a close second place. lanier did not win in montrose and many african-american neighborhoods.rodriguez, lori. "[http://www.chron.com/cda/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_821334 saying goodbye, with no regr
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