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Price Daniel
Price Daniel
In office
January 15, 1957 – January 21, 1963
Lieutenant Ben Ramsey
Preceded by Allan Shivers
Succeeded by John Connally
Born October 10, 1910(1910-10-10)
Dayton, Texas
Died August 25, 1988 (aged 77)
Political party Democratic
Spouse Jean Houston Daniel
Profession Politician

Marion Price Daniel, Sr. Governors of Texas Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the United States of America. Ben Ramsey (1903-1985 was a Texas politician who served in a succession of offices during the mid-20th century Robert Allan Shivers ( October 5, 1907 - January 14, 1985) was a Texas Politician who led the conservative John Bowden Connally Jr ( February 27 1917 June 15 1993) was a powerful American politician, serving as Governor Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Dayton is a city in Liberty County, Texas, United States. The population was 5709 at the 2000 census Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person (October 10, 1910 - August 25, 1988) was a Democratic Party U.S. senator and politician from the state of Texas. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.

Daniel was born in Dayton, Texas, and he graduated from Baylor University. 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. He worked as a lawyer in Liberty County, Texas. Liberty County is a County located in the US state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. Daniel won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives in 1939 as a Democrat. The Texas House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Texas Legislature. Daniel opposed Texas adopting a sales tax and he was elected Speaker of the House in 1943. A sales tax is a Consumption tax charged at the Point of purchase for certain goods and services The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body After a term as Speaker, Daniel enlisted in the United States Army as a Private. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. A Private is a Soldier of the lowest Military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of captain.

He returned to Texas and won the seat of Attorney General. In most Common law jurisdictions the Attorney General, or Attorney-General, is the main legal advisor to the government and in some jurisdictions may in addition Daniel defended the University of Texas law school in the Sweatt v. Painter case. Sweatt v Painter,, was a US Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the " Separate but equal " doctrine of Racial segregation Daniel was also involved in the Tidelands controversy, and he endorsed Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1952 Presidential Election. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general The United States presidential election of 1952 took place in an era when the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was in one of its most tense Daniel was elected to the United States Senate in 1952 and one of his first acts in the Senate was to draft a tidelands bill which was signed by President Eisenhower. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Opposed to desegregation efforts, he also signed the so-called Southern Manifesto in 1956. Desegregation is the process of ending Racial segregation, most commonly used in reference to the United States. The Southern Manifesto was a document written in February-March 1956 by legislators in the United States Congress opposed to racial integration in public Daniel also worked on a narcotics probe and reforming the electoral college. The term narcotic (ναρκωτικός is believed to have been coined by the Greek physician Galen to refer to agents that benumb or deaden causing loss An electoral college is a set of many electors who are empowered to elect a candidate to a particular Office.

Then U. S. Senator Daniel was elected governor of Texas in 1956. Governors of Texas His chief intraparty rival Ralph Yarborough went on to succeed Daniel (after a temporary appointee, William A. Blakley) in the Senate in a special election held in 1957. Ralph Webster Yarborough ( June 08, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the William Arvis "Dollar Bill" Blakley ( November 17, 1898 &ndash January 5, 1976) was an American senator and Also in the 1956 Democratic primary was a flamboyant former Republican, the historian J. Evetts Haley, who pledged to support segregation, remove price controls from natural gas, and halt the activities of South Texas political boss George Parr of Duval County. See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it James Evetts Haley Sr, usually known as J Evetts Haley ( July 5, 1901 &ndash October 9, 1995) was a Texas -born Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, South Texas is a region of the US state of Texas that lies roughly south of or beginning at San Antonio. A boss, in politics, is a person who wields De facto power over a particular political region or Constituency. George Berham Parr ( March 1, 1901 - April 1, 1975) was a member of the Parr political family which controlled a Democratic Party Duval County is a County located in the US state of Texas. In 2000 its population was 13120 Haley returned to the Republican Party in 1964.

Daniel was reelected governor in 1958 and 1960. In 1960, Daniel won by a much larger margin for governor than John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson had scored in Texas as the Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of Daniel received 1,637,755 votes (72. 8 percent) to Republican William M. Steger's 612,963 ballots (27. William Merritt "Bill" Steger ( August 22, 1920 &ndash June 4, 2006) handled some 15000 cases in a career spanning 35 years as a 2 percent). Yet Kennedy and Johnson barely won the Texas electoral votes over Richard M. Nixon. The Electoral College consists of 538 popularly elected representatives who formally select the President and Vice President of the United States.

In 1961, the legislature passed a 2-cent sales tax, which Daniel didn't sign but allowed to become law so the state would not go broke. After the passage of the sales tax, Daniel's popularity waned, and he failed at his attempt to be elected to a fourth term in 1962. He lost the Democratic nomination to former Navy Secretary John Connally, who then defeated the Republican Jack Cox of Houston. John Bowden Connally Jr ( February 27 1917 June 15 1993) was a powerful American politician, serving as Governor

He was appointed to head the Office of Emergency Preparedness by Lyndon B. Johnson. He was appointed by Governor Preston Smith to the Texas Supreme Court in 1971, he was re-elected twice in 1972 and 1979 before retiring during his second term. Preston Smith may refer to Preston Smith (Texas (1912–2003 Texas governor 1969–1973 Preston Smith (general, Civil War Confederate 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 Price Daniel, Sr. State Office Building was named in his honor.

Daniel's wife, Jean Houston Daniel, was a great-great-granddaughter of the legendary Sam Houston. Samuel Houston ( March 2, 1793 July 26, 1863) was a 19th century American statesman politician and soldier Daniel's eldest son, Marion Price Daniel, Jr. (properly Marion Price Daniel III), was, like his father, later Speaker of the Texas House but served only one term. Marion Price Daniel Jr (properly Marion Price Daniel III (1941–1981 was a United States politician from Texas who served as Speaker of the Texas House of Later he was killed by a gunshot wound in 1981. His second wife was accused of murder, but she was acquitted. Price and Jean Daniel's other children were Jean Houston Murph, Houston Lee, and John Baldwin.

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Preceded by
Alfred Roark		 Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from District 14 (Liberty)
1939–1945		 Succeeded by
David Read
Preceded by
Homer Lakerby Leonard		 Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
1943–1945		 Succeeded by
Claud Henry Gilmer
Preceded by
Tom Connally		 United States Senator (Class 1) from Texas
1953—1957
Served alongside: Lyndon B. Johnson		 Succeeded by
William A. Blakley
Preceded by
Allan Shivers		 Governor of Texas
1957—1963		 Succeeded by
John Connally
Preceded by
Clyde E. The Handbook of Texas (ISBN 0-87611-151-7 is a comprehensive Encyclopedia of Texas geography history and historical persons published by the Texas The Texas House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Texas Legislature. Liberty is a city in and the County seat of Liberty County, Texas, United States and a part of the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives Thomas Terry Connally (born August 19 1877 near Hewitt, McLennan County, Texas; died October 28 1963 in Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29 1845. Its Senate seats were vacant during the Civil War. William Arvis "Dollar Bill" Blakley ( November 17, 1898 &ndash January 5, 1976) was an American senator and Robert Allan Shivers ( October 5, 1907 - January 14, 1985) was a Texas Politician who led the conservative Governors of Texas John Bowden Connally Jr ( February 27 1917 June 15 1993) was a powerful American politician, serving as Governor Smith		 Justice, Texas Supreme Court, Place 7
January 1, 1971–December 31, 1978		 Succeeded by
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