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    William Pettus Hobby Jr. (born January 19, 1932) is an American Democratic politician who served a record eighteen years as the 37th Lieutenant Governor...
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    later reorganization). Hobby served as a member on the Board of Directors of Texas Technological College. His son William P. Hobby Jr. also served as lieutenant...
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    The William P. Hobby, Jr. State Office Building - formerly known as Republic Plaza - is a three-building government office complex located in the Warehouse...
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  • whom a U.S. Navy ship was named William P. Hobby (1878–1964), American publisher and politician William P. Hobby Jr. (born 1932), his son, American publisher...
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    The Incumbent, William P. Hobby Jr. ran for re-election to his second term, he was elected against Republican, Gaylord Marshall. Hobby won the election...
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    William Perry Clements Jr. (April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served two nonconsecutive terms...
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    lieutenant governorship when on June 1, 1987, longtime incumbent William P. "Bill" Hobby Jr. of Houston announced that he would not seek a sixth term. Bullock...
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    1978, to elect the lieutenant governor of Texas. The incumbent, William P. Hobby Jr. ran for re-election to his third term, he was elected against Republican...
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    1986, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Texas. The Incumbent, William P. Hobby Jr. ran for re-election to his fifth and final term, he was elected...
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    named for former Texas lieutenant governor and Houston businessman, William P. Hobby, Jr., whose family foundation donated the naming gift for the center...
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    term to the Senate) and the legendary Lieutenant Governor of Texas William P. Hobby Jr. As the state's 43rd chief executive from January 18, 1983, to January...
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    1982, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Texas. The Incumbent, William P. Hobby Jr. ran for re-election to his fourth term, he was elected against Republican...
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  • named William P. Hobby (1878–1964), American publisher and politician and the father of William P. Hobby, Jr. William P. Hobby, Jr. (born 1932), American...
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    in 1995, in Houston, and was buried at Glenwood Cemetery. Her son William P. Hobby, Jr., served as the 37th lieutenant governor of Texas from 1973 to 1991...
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  • of Energy William P. Hobby, Jr., former lieutenant governor of Texas John Kline, former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives George P. Bush, politician...
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    after returning to the United States, Connally reported on their trip to William J. Casey, who was chairman of Reagan's campaign, and later Director of...
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  • org. Beaumont Enterprise. November 6, 2005. p. A6. Beaumont Enterprise William P. Hobby Jr. "Hobby, William Pettus". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved...
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    The Houston Post. September 22, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved July 10, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 1534. "William Pettus Hobby". National Governors Association. Retrieved...
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  • 1983). "Hauck At the Helm". The Washington Post. Hobby, William P. "A Guide to the William P. Hobby, Jr., Papers, 1866, 1895-2015". Briscoe Center for American...
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    Elizabeth (Slade) Hobby. Hobby's nephew is William P. Hobby, governor of Texas from 1917 to 1921. His grandnephew William P. Hobby, Jr., was lieutenant...
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    Dolph Briscoe Jr. (April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010) was an American rancher and businessman from Uvalde, Texas, who was the 41st governor of Texas between...
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  • lawyer specializing in denied or underpaid property insurance claims William P. Hobby Jr., 1953, Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1973–1991); former chancellor...
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    See Insurance Continuing Education. In 2022, TDI moved from the William P. Hobby Jr. Building in downtown Austin to the Barbara Jordan State Office Building...
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    dropped in 1982. Shortly after Deng's visit, Texas Lieutenant Governor William P. Hobby Jr. traveled to China and signed a deal through which China began selling...
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    Governor Robert Louis Freeman Sr. of Louisiana Lieutenant Governor William P. Hobby Jr. of Texas Jim McDermott Washington state senator Lieutenant Governor...
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    Moody Foundation chose to sell the paper to William P. Hobby Jr., owner of the Houston Post. The Hobbys, who also owned the competing Galveston Tribune...
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    1983, a fire began in the apartment of William P. Hobby Jr., then the state lieutenant governor. A guest of Hobby's was killed, and four firemen and a policeman...
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  • he never appeared on the actual series, Texas Lieutenant Governor William P. Hobby, Jr., took a tour of the program's Brooklyn studio, and praised the show's...
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  • Glasscock Jr. was elected in 1888 as an Independent but served as a Democrat. Republican Arthur C. Tompkins won an election contest against Democrat William Joseph...
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  • federal appeals court overturns three convictions of Oliver North. William J. Brennan, Jr. resigns from the Supreme Court for health reasons. July 25 – The...
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