William Arvis "Dollar Bill" Blakley (November 17, 1898 – January 5, 1976) was an American politician and businessman from the state of Texas. Blakley...

driver William A. Blakley (1898–1976), American politician and businessman Blakeley (disambiguation) This page lists people with the surname Blakley. If...

for ballot access was only $50. The primary was held on April 4. William A. Blakley (Democrat), incumbent appointee Senator Henry B. Gonzalez (Democrat)...

easily defeated the conservative William A. Blakley, a millionaire businessman from Dallas who was backed by Daniel. Blakley had been the interim senator...

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...

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...

into law by the Republican governor. This has resulted in Texas’ maps being a partisan gerrymander, with few competitive districts. The delegation consists...

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...

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...

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...

John Tower won the special election to succeed Democratic appointee William A. Blakley, who lost election to finish the term. In these special elections...

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...

an Independent but served as a Democrat. Republican Arthur C. Tompkins won an election contest against Democrat William Joseph on February 15, 1895. Independent...

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...

N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: Robert B. Chiperfield) Government Operations (Chairman: William L...

Mansfield Democratic Caucus Secretary: Thomas C. Hennings Jr. Minority Leader: William Knowland Minority Whip: Everett Dirksen Republican Conference Chairman:...

This is a complete list of all people who previously served in the United States Senate. As of October 2023[update], a total of 2,003 persons have served...

the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018. "BLAKLEY, William Arvis - Biographical Information". Biographical Directory of the U...

William A. Blakley was the second largest owner of Braniff after 1954) of Braniff was also an insurance executive. Lawrence engineered a remarkable airline...

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...

Dollar Bill (group), a Swedish hip hop group "Dollar Bill" (song), by Screaming Trees from Sweet Oblivion William "Dollar Bill" Blakley, two-time senator...

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...

Democratic U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough won a competitive primary against former Senator William Blakley and handily defeated newspaper publisher Roy...

cast includes David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Timothy Brown, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley...

McCulloch, neurophysiologist and cybernetician (died 1969) November 17 – William A. Blakley, U.S. Senator from Texas in 1961 (died 1976) November 29 – Rod La...

established in 1869, and remained in operation until 1951. U.S. Senator William A. Blakley was born in Miami Station. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names...

Party political offices Preceded by William A. Blakley Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Texas (Class 2) 1966 Succeeded by Barefoot Sanders Texas...

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...

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...

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...