Beau Boulter (born February 23, 1942) is a Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist who was a Republican congressman from Texas between 1985 and 1989. He represented the sprawling district that stretches from Amarillo to Wichita Falls and embraces the Texas Panhandle. After two terms, he gave up the seat to challenge the reelection of Democratic Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., in 1988. Boulter was born in El Paso, Texas. He graduated from Levelland High School in Hockley County in 1960, the University of Texas at Austin in 1965, and the Baylor University Law School in Waco, Texas, in 1968. He was thereafter admitted to the bar and practiced law in Amarillo. He was a member of the Amarillo City Commission from 1981-1983.
