Hardeman, D. B. (D. Barnard), 1914-1981

Politician.

From the description of Reminiscences of D.B. Hardeman : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528640

Texas state legislator, congressional aide, teacher, and journalist; d. 1981.

From the description of Papers, 1918-1979. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70961919

Politician and historian D. B. (Bernard) Hardeman (1914-1981) was born to D. Barnard and Sue (Pettus) Hardeman in Goliad, Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas (UT) and the University of Texas Law School (1938), Hardeman served as a U. S. Army officer in Europe during World War II. After the war, he managed the gubernatorial campaign of Homer Rainey. In 1950, Hardeman was elected to represent Grayson and Collin counties in the Texas House of Representatives. Two years later, he worked for the Stevenson-Sparkman presidential campaign in Texas. From 1958 to 1961, Hardeman was an assistant to Sam Rayburn. Later, he taught political science at Trinity College in Washington, D. C. and at the University of Texas at San Antonio. As the official biographer of Sam Rayburn, Hardeman co-wrote Rayburn: A Biography, completed after his death by Donald C. Bacon.

Source: “D. Barnard Hardeman.” Texas State Cemetery. Accessed September 1, 2011. http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=2465.

From the guide to the D. B. Hardeman Collection 92-109., 1934-1979, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin)