Category: Texas

Representative | Democrat | POAGE, William Robert, a Representative from Texas; born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., December 28, 1899; in 1901 moved to Throckmorton County, Tex., with his parents, who settled near Woodson; attended the rural schools of Throckmorton County, Tex.; during the First World War served as an apprentice seaman in the United… Continue reading William Poage

Representative | Democrat | MAHON, George Herman, a Representative from Texas; born in the village of Mahon, near Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, La., September 22, 1900; moved to Texas in 1908 with his family, who settled on a farm near Loraine, Mitchell County; attended the public schools; was graduated from the high school at Loraine, Tex.,… Continue reading George Mahon

Representative | Democrat | PATMAN, John William Wright, (father of William Neff Patman), a Representative from Texas; born at Patman’s Switch near Hughes Springs, Cass County, Tex., August 6, 1893; attended the public schools; was graduated from Hughes Springs (Tex.) High School in 1912 and from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in… Continue reading Wright Patman

Representative | Republican | BUSH, George Herbert Walker, (son of Prescott Sheldon Bush), a Representative from Texas and a Vice President of the United States and 41st President of the United States; born in Milton, Suffolk County, Mass., June 12, 1924; graduated, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. 1942; graduated Yale University 1948; lieutenant (jg.) United States… Continue reading George H. W. Bush

Representative | Democrat | RAYBURN, Samuel Taliaferro, a Representative from Texas; born near Kingston, Roane County, Tenn., January 6, 1882; moved to Fannin County, Tex., in 1887 with his parents who settled near Windom; attended the rural schools and was graduated from the East Texas Normal College, Commerce, Tex., in 1903; studied law at the… Continue reading Sam Rayburn

Senator | Democrat | JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines, (father-in-law of Charles Spittal Robb), a Representative and a Senator from Texas and a Vice President and 36th President of the United States; born on a farm near Stonewall, Gillespie County, Tex., on August 27, 1908; moved with his parents to Johnson City, in 1913; attended the public… Continue reading Lyndon Johnson

Senator | Democrat | COKE, RICHARD, (nephew of Richard Coke, Jr.), a Senator from Texas; born in Williamsburg, James City County, Va., March 13, 1829; attended the common schools and graduated from William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va., in 1849; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Waco, McLennan County,… Continue reading Richard Coke

Lt. Governor | Democrat | Allan Shivers on Wikipedia Allan Shivers on OurCampaigns.com

Governor | Republican | George W. Bush on Wikipedia George W. Bush on OurCampaigns.com