When Rand was 13 , his father was elected to the United States House of Representatives . That same year , Paul attended the 1976 Republican National Convention , where his father headed Ronald Reagan 's Texas delegation . The younger Paul often spent summer vacations interning in his father 's congressional office . In his teenage years , Paul studied the Austrian economists that his father respected , as well as the writings of Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand . Paul went to Brazoswood High School and was on the swimming team and played defensive back on the football team
1976 Republican National Convention
1976 Republican National Convention
Rand Paul