Bill Allcorn

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Bill Allcorn was Texas Land Commissioner in the late 1950s.

Allcorn was from Brownwood, Texas. In February 1958, Governor Price Daniel appointed Allcorn as Texas Land Commissioner when James Earl Rudder was appointed vice president of Texas A&M University. Allcorn was elected to one two-year term in 1958 and was succeeded by Jerry Sadler in 1961. Allcorn died on August 24, 1962, at the age of 38. [1]

Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Land Commissioner of Texas
1958
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office
19581961
Succeeded by

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References

  1. "Leath, Maritia Allcorn". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved November 13, 2019.