Records 1938-1941, undated (bulk 1939-1941)

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Records 1938-1941, undated (bulk 1939-1941)

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The records of Texas governor W. Lee O'Daniel include correspondence, transcripts of radio broadcasts and speeches, minutes of meetings, proclamations, press releases, articles, clippings and other printed materials dating from 1938 to 1941, undated (bulk 1939-1941). Prominent themes represented throughout the records include old age pensions, taxes to raise revenues for social security, industrialization of Texas, religion and national security.

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Texas. Governor (1939-1941 : O'Daniel)

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Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel, Texas governor from January 17, 1939 through August 4, 1941, was born in Malta, Ohio on March 11, 1890, one of two children of William Barnes and Alice Ann (Thompson) O'Daniel. His father, who was a Union veteran, died in an accident shortly after his son was born. Before Wilbert was five years old his mother remarried and the family moved to a farm in Reno County, Kansas. He went to public schools in Arlington, Kansas and received a two-year degree fro...

O'Daniel, W. Lee (Wilbert Lee), 1890-1969

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Politician and businessman Wilbert Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel (1890-1969) was born in Malta, Ohio, one of two children of William Barnes and Alice Ann (Thompson) O’Daniel. Following his father’s death, shortly after O’Daniel’s birth, his mother remarried and moved the family to Reno County, Kansas. A 1908 graduate of Salt City Business College, O’Daniel became a stenographer and bookkeeper for a flour milling company. In 1917, he married Merle Estella Butcher, with whom he had three child...

Texas. Office of the Governor

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During the 1950s Governor Price Daniel popularized a tradition of Texas governors honoring citizens of Texas by proclaiming them “Admirals in the Texas Navy.” Citizens receive their honorary title for a number of reasons such as special achievement in government service or athletics. The criteria and the selection is at the discretion of the governor. Many citizens are nominated by their state legislators. Native-born Texans are designated as “admirals;” non-native Texans are “honorary admirals....