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Important People To Study

Morris Sheppard

Author of the 18th Ammendment

U.S. Senator

Woodrow Wilson President during WW1

didn't have anything to do with the 18 th ammendment

Governor Hobby

Governor of TX in 1918 durrin WW1

Special session for prohibition issue

Vetoes German department at UT

Jim Ferguson

Campaigns against hobby in '18

U.S. Senator in 20's, retires in 22 Runs for President in 20

Anti Klan

Ran MA's campaigns and Governorship

Annie Webb Blanton

Elected state education superintendent in 1918

First woman elected to statewide office in TX

Charles Culberson

U.S. Senator until 23 Defeated in runnoff election by Earle Mayfield

Hiram Wesley Evans

Imperial Wizard of KKK in 22 when they were at large

Patt Neff

Bone Dry Baptist

Elected Governor over MA Ferguson

Gov 2ce in 20 and 22

Joe Bailey ran against him

Neutral Sympathizer of KKK Wins governorship in runoff

Warren Harding

President in 20

conservative apart from the progressive movements that were held by Teddy Rosevelt

Earle Mayfield

Klan Member elected to U.S. Senate in 22


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Replaces Culberson in Senate

Defeats Jim Ferguson in Runoff and defeats Culberson in runoff as well

Ma Ferguson

elected governor in 24 and 34

passes many pardons for breakers of the prohibition

uses governor position with PA for personal money (publication in their journal etc.) really dumb

Dan Moody

Elected Governor in 1930

was the Attn. General for Ma

dry, youngest TX governor

prosecutor of Klan cases as district attourney

wins using road contract issues, pardons issues, textbook contracts that were issues with theFergusons

Honesty in Gov his campaign

MA ofers to resign from race if he has majority. She lies, but he wins in the runoff against MAand Lynch anyways

Business Progressive and Business efficiency

Herbert Hoover

1st Republican nominee for president to receive TX state electoral votes over Al Smith

Jesse Jones

Houston financee and banker who moves democratic National Convention to Houston in 28

government appointee under roosevelt

Tom Connally

Elected US Senator over Earle Mayfield in 1928

Ross S. Sterling

Elected Governor in 1930

Friend of Moody

Businessman defeats MA in 2nd primary

Martial Law to stop overproduction of Oilfields in 31

Depression not a hugee issur in summer of 30 but is later in the year

this screws him over

Dick Kleberg

Elected to house in 31

Democratic

LBJ was his aide

Dems gain control of the house with his election


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John Nance Garner

elected speaker of the house in 30

Democratic leader

fought plan for reducing the top income tax bracket

VP in 33 for LBJ

didn't make laws, liked to know people who made laws

Very active VP under FDR released his delegates in 32 national convention giving FDR presidential nomination

Sam Rayburn

chairman of US house Interstate and Foreign Commerce committee

Majority leader in 37

Protegee of John Nance Garner

Jesse Jones

Chairman of financial program

Halton Summers

Chairman of the US house Judiciary Committee

James Buchannan

Chairman of the US House Appropriations Committee

Martin Dies

Chairman US House Unamerican Activities committee

James Allred

Attn. General Favored old age pensions

elected governor in 34

Federal Judge appointee by FDR after 2 years of Government

This is after the LAST Ferguson administration

Pappy O'Daniel

Governor in 38 and 42

Won on dumb shit like his stupid radio show

Pensions that wouldn't work

relief bonds and social security act in his administration time

Runs for Senator in 42 and wins against Allred and Moody

Andrew Jackson Houston

appointed senator after Morris Sheppard dies

he dies in like a year, than OD runs for senator

LBJ

Elected senator in 48 over Coke, very sketchy election than becomes prez later


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Coke Stevenson

governor after o'daniel

appointed governor

conservative

Rainey

pres of UT gets fired in 44 over not wanting to fire some people than runs for governor againstJester and loses in 46

Harry Truman

President after FDR in 45

pro union liberal

civil rights program end poll tax anti lynching

elected over Dewey

vetoes bill that ggives state rights to lease tidelands

becomes very unpopular in texas

Beauford Jester

Governor in 46

Rainey got a lot of votes

moderate conservative, increased hospitalization money and special schools

State anti-lyinching law passed

anti-labor legislation passed in 47

limiting stricks and outlawing closed shop

supported Truman halfheartedly

Ralph Yarbourough

becomes leader of TX liberals after rainey faced Allan Shivers 3 times and lost all three times

Allan Shivers

Governor in 52 over Sam Rayburn

tidelands major issue

states rights

americanism

corruption in government

both the republican and democratic nominee

leads state dem party to vote for Eisenhower (a republican)

Elected 3 times, breaking normal rule

Price Daniel

elected to US senate in 52

resigns to run for governor against Yarborough in 56

succeeded Tom Connally as Senator in 52


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Bill Blakley

served two incomplete terms as senator in 57 and 61

appointed but never elected governor

ran against ralph yarborough in 58 and lost against John Tower in 61 special election

Henry B. Gonzalez

Elected to state senate

1st mexican American elected to senate in this century

John Tower

wins senate seate in special election in 61 against blakley

71 names on this ballot

First republican senator from TX in 20th century

Only statewide republican for the next 17 years

Father of TX republican party

dies in plane crash after his career goes downhill after womanizing charges

John Connally

Worked for LBJ in 41 and 58 in higher education

elected governor after price danile in 63

Ended poll tax, made one person one vote

65 civil rights act

moves from at large electoins to SMB in local elections

disagreed with ralph yarborough in many issues

yarborough more liberal

disliked eachother

teams up with Ben Barns

passenger in Kennedys car Near martyrdom helps him win reelection

Ben Barnes

elected house speaker in 65

lt governor

Don Yarborough

defeated by connally for governor

George Bush

Elected to House in 66, eventually becomes VP

Barbara Jordan

elected to senate in 60s and us house in 70s

first black woman form south elected to congress

compromise and give and take made her popular

didn't think the committee gave nixon due proccess in impeachment and made great speech


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Preston Smith

elected governor in 68 and serves 2 terms first west texas governor

businessman, defeats don yarborough in runoff election

lackluster personality

Free Lee Otis problem-convicted 30 years for one weed cigarette

endorsed first state minimum wage law

liquor by the drink constitutional amendment new schools and universitys

part of sharpstown scandal, took money from it

Lloyd Bentson

Defeats Ralph Yarborough in 70 and bush for senate served 4 terms

Francis Sissy Farenthold

leads dirty 30 investigation of sharpstown

Dolph Briscoe

governor in 72 over sissy, smith, ben barnes

bill hobby new lt governor

no new taxes-one of the last governors to uphold this

Edward Dennis Williams

Defends Connally on being indicted over accepting bribes

Bill Clements

Elected governor in 78

first republican governor since recunstruction (edmund j davis)

beat Attourney General John Hill

legislator genrally ignores him

elected governor in 87

largest state tax increase in states history during second term

only other governor to win two nonconsecutives other than MA

Mark White

elected governor in 82 over uncumbrent clements

economy hurt clements even though he spent 15 mil on the campaign

moderate

democrats win every state wide race for the alst time

no new taxes violated raised sales tax twice

health care for poor, unemployment insurance for farm workers

health insurance pesticide regulatoins

Ross Perot

appointed chair of committee on education and makes fun of system

competency tests for teachers


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Phill Gramm

resigns from house in 83 to run for senate in 84

replaces John Tower in senate after tower resigns

defeats liberal state senator Lloyd Doggett

Raul Gonzalez

first hispanic elected to statewide office (texas supreme court)

Ann Richards

First liberal governor since Allred

Eelcted in 90

Clayton williams blows his chance at governorship with rape comments and ignorance on otherdumb shit

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