This article is about Bill Daniel, the late Texas politician; for the experimental filmmaker with the same name, see Bill Daniel (Filmmaker) (disambiguation)

Bill Daniel (right) and his wife "Miss Vara" at one of their meetings with President Kennedy.

William (Bill) Partlow Daniel (20 November 1915 – 20 June 2006), was a Governor of Guam and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. American capture of the territory during Spanish-American war 1898 - 1898 Henry Glass 1898 - 1898 Francisco Portusach Martínez The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The Texas House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Texas Legislature. Born in Dayton, Texas, and a graduate of Baylor University, he spent the majority of his life working as a lawyer in Liberty County, Texas. Dayton is a city in Liberty County, Texas, United States. The population was 5709 at the 2000 census Baylor University is a private, Baptist -affiliated Research University located in Waco Texas. Liberty County is a County located in the US state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area.

Bill Daniel was born into a wealthy and prominent Texas family, his older brother Price Daniel Sr. Marion Price Daniel Sr ( October 10, 1910 - August 25, 1988) was a Democratic Party U went on to become Governor of Texas, Texas Supreme Court Justice and a US Senator. Governors of Texas The Texas Supreme Court is the court of last resort for non-criminal matters (including Juvenile delinquency which the law considers to be a civil matter and not criminal The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Daniel made large donations to good causes especially to his alma mater Baylor University, several of the campus buildings are named after him, his late wife Vara and other members of the Daniel family. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval A campus is traditionally the land on which a College or University and related institutional buildings are situated ^[1][2]

Political career

From 1949 to 1953 he served as a Democratic Party member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 14th District, his brother Price had previously held this office from 1939 - 1945.

In 1961 President John F. Kennedy appointed him to the position of Governor of Guam, an office he held from May 20, 1961 to January 20, 1963. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of Guam ( Chamorro: cha Guåhån) officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
His main achievement as Governor was to arrange for the removal of the requirement of a "security clearance" to enter or leave Guam, by persuading Kennedy to sign an Executive Order (No.11045), rescinding the one put in place during 1941 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. executive order in the United States is a Directive issued by the President, the head of the executive branch of the federal government The old (war-time) travel restrictions required that all civilians wishing to visit Guam needed to obtain approval from a senior US Navy officer based in Washington, D.C.; this often took weeks to obtain. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D This was obviously an obstacle to development, especially in the area of tourism, and its removal greatly benefited the economy of the territory.

His appointment resulted in the first occasion in which brothers simultaneously held governorships in the United States, as his older brother Price was governor of Texas for the entire time of his service as governor of Guam.

Trivia

Bill Daniel appeared in the John Wayne film The Alamo playing Colonel Neill. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American The Alamo was released in 1960 by United Artists, starring John Wayne as Davy Crockett, Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie Daniel also provided the film with 400 longhorns and hundreds of horses from his ranch. The Texas longhorn is a breed of Cattle known for its

References

1. ^ Baylor University campus buildings
2. ^ Bill Daniel's Baylor obituary

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas.
• Bill Daniel at the Internet Movie Database