William Arvis "Dollar Bill" Blakley (November 17, 1898 – January 5, 1976) was an American politician and businessman from the state of Texas. Blakley...
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driver William A. Blakley (1898–1976), American politician and businessman Blakeley (disambiguation) This page lists people with the surname Blakley. If...
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Ralph Yarborough (section Becoming a senator)
easily defeated the conservative William A. Blakley, a millionaire businessman from Dallas who was backed by Daniel. Blakley had been the interim senator...
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Lyndon B. Johnson (redirect from 36th U.S.A. President)
Tower's 927,653 (41.1 percent). Fellow Democrat William A. Blakley was appointed to replace Johnson, but lost a special election in May 1961 to Tower. After...
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2024 when adjusted for inflation). The primary was held on April 4. William A. Blakley (Democrat), incumbent appointee senator Henry B. Gonzalez (Democrat)...
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Yarborough went on to succeed Daniel after a temporary appointee, William A. Blakley of Dallas, in the Senate in a special election held in 1957. As governor...
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with all of this occurring after Texas as a territory was annexed as a State in December 1865. Texas has a total of 38 seats as of 2024. The current dean...
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1960 United States Senate elections (category Articles with hatnote templates targeting a nonexistent page)
John Tower won the special election to succeed Democratic appointee William A. Blakley, who lost election to finish the term. In these special elections...
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Democrat William A. Blakley January 15, 1957. In 1956, Allan Shivers opted not to run for a fourth term as Governor of Texas; Senator Price Daniel, as a sitting...
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member of Delta Phi Epsilon, foreign service fraternity Texas Senator William A. Blakley, who in 1961 was appointed to then Senator Lyndon B. Johnson's seat...
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election against Democrat William A. Blakley, who had been appointed as interim Senator, with 50.6% of the vote to Blakley's 49.4%. Tower became the first...
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appointee William A. Blakley in the 1961 United States Senate special election in Texas was made possible by a split among Democrats and a lack of liberal...
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ISBN 978-0-9789075-0-1. 165 pp. The University of Dallas honoring William A. Blakley (Irving, Tex.: University of Dallas, 1966). 19 pp. Wikimedia Commons...
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an Independent but served as a Democrat. Republican Arthur C. Tompkins won an election contest against Democrat William Joseph on February 15, 1895. Independent...
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baseman for the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians in the 1940s William Arvis Blakley – former U.S. senator from Texas Bill Boyd – actor and C&W musician...
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Mansfield Democratic Caucus Secretary: Thomas C. Hennings Jr. Minority Leader: William Knowland Minority Whip: Everett Dirksen Republican Conference Chairman:...
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List of appointed United States senators (section Filling vacancies by gubernatorial appointment followed by a proximate special election)
the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018. "BLAKLEY, William Arvis - Biographical Information". Biographical Directory of the U...
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Dollar Bill (group), a Swedish hip hop group "Dollar Bill" (song), by Screaming Trees from Sweet Oblivion William "Dollar Bill" Blakley, two-time senator...
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This is a complete list of all people who previously served in the United States Senate. As of December 2024[update], a total of 2,006 persons have served...
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N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: Robert B. Chiperfield) Government Operations (Chairman: William L...
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Democratic U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough won a competitive primary against former Senator William Blakley and handily defeated newspaper publisher Roy...
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Attorney General 1962, 1964 Succeeded by Crawford Martin Preceded by William A. Blakley Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Texas (Class 2) 1966 Succeeded by...
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while house sitting a rich couple's modern mansion. Jing Lusi, Claudie Blakley, Tom Basden, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Greg McHugh and India Fowler also feature...
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William A. Blakley was the second largest owner of Braniff after 1954) of Braniff was also an insurance executive. Lawrence engineered a remarkable airline...
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McCulloch, neurophysiologist and cybernetician (died 1969) November 17 – William A. Blakley, U.S. Senator from Texas in 1961 (died 1976) November 29 – Rod La...
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cast includes David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Timothy Brown, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley...
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the original on August 13, 2019. Willman, Chris (June 14, 2019). "Ronee Blakley Remembers Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue: 'We Were Delirious'". Variety...
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never took office for his third term. Instead, William Blakley was appointed to fill the vacancy and a special election was scheduled for May 1961. Johnson's...
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William A. Blakley. Senator Blakley, a close associate of Tom Braniff and developer of Exchange Park in Dallas, became the custodian of the Blakley-Braniff...
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Governor of Texas. Interim Senator William Blakley did not run for re-election. Ralph Yarborough won the race with a plurality of the vote; no majority...
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