James C. Sewell papers, 1950-1972.

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was born on January 6, 1882, in a rural area of Roane County, Tennessee. At age five, Rayburn, along with his parents and nine siblings, moved to a forty-acre cotton farm in Flag Springs, Texas. One more child was born after the move to Texas, and every member of the family had to do their share to make the farm profitable. Rayburn's interest in government coincided with the family's move, and it has been suggested that his curiosity intensified due to the "great golden...

Teague, Olin E., 1910-

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Barnes, Ben F., 1938-....

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Navarro County Action Committee, Inc.

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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives

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Texas State Representative Fred M. Bosse was born on July 18, 1947. He received his BS from Texas A&M University and his JD in 1972 from the University of Houston, Bates College of Law. Bosse was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1990 and served through 2002 as a Democrat from Houston, representing District 128, Harris County (part). While in the House, he served on the following committees: Science and Technology (1991-1992); Natural Resources (1991-1994); Transportation (Vic...

Nokes, George O.

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George Nokes was born in Navarro County, Texas in 1923. After graduating from high school in 1940, Nokes attended Baylor University, served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and entered the University of Texas Law School in 1945. In 1946, he joined the state legislature for two terms before becoming a state senator. A proponent for veterans’ issues, in 1947 Nokes helped create the Texas Veterans Affairs Commission, an agency that provides assistance for veterans in obtaining federa...

Shivers, Allan, 1907-1985

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Butler, Paul M. (Paul Mulholland), 1905-1961

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Democrat, supporter of Adlai Stevenson, elected Indiana Committee man, 1952; member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee, 1953; Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 1954-1960. From the description of Papers, 1950-1960. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23031768 Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. From the description of Paul M. Butler correspondence, February-August, 1956. (University of Michigan). Wor...

Maverick, Maury, 1921-2003

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San Antonio, Texas attorney. From the description of Joseph H. Barnard reinterment papers, 1979-1982. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 310355842 Born Fontaine Maury Maverick; lawyer, of San Antonio, Tex. From the description of Joseph H. Barnard reinterment papers, 1979-1982. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70962721 Maury Maverick, Jr. was born in San Antonio, Texas, on 1921 ...

Democratic Party (Tex.)

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The Democratic Party in Texas has played an important role in the political history of Texas since its declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836. Settlers from the south and east brought an overwhelming allegiance to the Democratic Party, making it the only competitive political party in the state throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The party’s dominance in local, state, and federal government over an ineffective Republican party, resulted in both a great influence o...

Smith, Preston, 1912-

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Born in 1912 in Williamson County, Texas, E. Preston Smith moved with his family to a farm 14 miles west of Lamesa in 1923. He graduated from Lamesa High School in 1930 and received his B.B.A. from Texas Technological College in 1934. Smith married Ima Smith in 1935 and the two became parents of two children. In 1944, Smith was elected to the Texas House of Representatives where he served three terms. He moved to the Texas Senate in 1956, and served three terms there as well. ...

Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996

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Ralph Webster Yarborough (b. June 8, 1903, Chandler, Tex.-d. Jan. 27, 1996, Austin, Tex.), U.S. Senator from Texas, attended West Point and the Sam Houston State Teachers College, taught school in Texas, and spent one year in Germany as assistant secretary for the American Chamber of Commerce. He served in the Texas National Guard for three years before graduating from the University of Texas law school in 1927. He was assistant attorney general of Texas in the early 1930s and was elected distri...

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

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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. Barnar...

Briscoe, Dolph

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South Texas landowner, rancher, oilman, banker, civic leader, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1949-1957) and Governor of Texas (1973-1979). Briscoe was active in the Democratic Party of Texas throughout the 1950s and the 1960s and ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1968. He was elected governor of Texas in 1972 and reelected in 1974 to the state's first four-year gubernatorial term. He was defeated in 1978 by Republican Bill Clements. From the d...

Voight, Kathleen

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Mitchell, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1903-1974

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Stephen Arnold Mitchell : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451902 Lawyer and chairman of the Democratic National Committee. From the description of Papers, 1929-1969. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70944360 ...

Teague, Olin E., 1910-

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Sewell, Janet, 1918-1975

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Sewell, James C. (James Carroll), 1912-1976

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Attorney and judge (B.A., LL. B. Univ. of Texas). Born 1912 near Blooming Grove, Texas; died 1976. Sewell was elected to the Texas Legislature in 1949 to fill the unexpired term of George O. Nokes, Jr., and represented Navarro County in the 51st and 52nd legislatures, serving on the Public Health, Education, and Judiciary committees. He was appointed County Judge for Navarro County in 1951 and served as such until January 1, 1957. In 1956 he was elected District Judge for the 13th Judicial Distr...

Maverick, Maury, 1921-2003

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San Antonio, Texas attorney. From the description of Joseph H. Barnard reinterment papers, 1979-1982. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 310355842 Born Fontaine Maury Maverick; lawyer, of San Antonio, Tex. From the description of Joseph H. Barnard reinterment papers, 1979-1982. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70962721 Maury Maverick, Jr. was born in San Antonio, Texas, on 1921 ...