Terence James Cooke was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1968 until his death,quietly battling leukemia throughout his tenure. He was named a cardinal in 1969. Cooke previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1965 to 1967.
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served as the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton.
Barbara Charline Jordan was an American lawyer,educator,and politician. A Democrat,she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction,the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives,and one of the first two African Americans elected to the U.S. House from the former Confederacy since 1901,alongside Andrew Young of Georgia.
Lee Patrick Brown is an American politician,criminologist and businessman;in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston,Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from 1998 to 2004.
Annette Louise Greenfield Strauss was an American philanthropist and politician who served as the 54th mayor of Dallas. The Annette Strauss Artist Square in the Arts District of downtown Dallas,Texas is named in honor of her. She was the second female mayor and the second Jewish mayor of Dallas. She was also the first woman elected to the post in her own right;Harrison served as a caretaker for the last months of Wes Wise's term after Wise resigned to run for Congress.
Sheila Jackson Lee was an American lawyer and politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district,from 1995 until her death in 2024. The district includes most of central Houston. She was a member of the Democratic Party and served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected to the House. She was also co-dean of Texas's congressional delegation.
Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Sherman,Texas.
The Harry Ransom Center,known as the Humanities Research Center until 1983,is an archive,library,and museum at the University of Texas at Austin,specializing in the collection of literary and cultural artifacts from the Americas and Europe for the purpose of advancing the study of the arts and humanities. The Ransom Center houses 36 million literary manuscripts,one million rare books,five million photographs,and more than 100,000 works of art.
Robert Clayton Lanier was an American businessman and politician. He served as the mayor of the city of Houston,Texas,from 1992 to 1998. At the time of his death,he was the oldest living mayor in Houston.
Frank Everson Vandiver was an American Civil War historian,the 19th president of Texas A&M University and the former president of the University of North Texas,as well as acting president of Rice University. Vandiver wrote,co-wrote,or edited 24 books,and published an additional 100 scholarly articles or reviews. One of his books was a runner-up for a National Book Award.
John Harris Whitmire is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd mayor of Houston,the most populous city in Texas,since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,Whitmire was previously a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 until 1983,and the Texas State Senate from 1983 to 2023. In the state senate,he represented District 15,which included much of northern Houston.
Robert Lee Nichols is an American politician who represents the 3rd District of the Texas Senate. A Republican,he was the senate president pro tempore of the 85th legislative session.
The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2010,to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican governor Rick Perry ran successfully for election to a third consecutive term. He won the Republican primary against U.S. senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and political newcomer,Debra Medina. The former mayor of Houston,Bill White,won the Democratic nomination. Kathie Glass,a lawyer from Houston and previous candidate for Texas Attorney General,won the Libertarian nomination. Deb Shafto was the nominee of the Texas Green Party. Andy Barron,an orthodontist from Lubbock,was a declared write-in candidate.
Peter J. O'Donnell Jr. was an American businessman,securities investor and philanthropist. From 1962 to 1969,he was the Texas Republican state chair. In 1963,he was also the national chair of the Draft Goldwater Committee.
Sylvester Turner is an American attorney and politician who was the 62nd mayor of Houston,Texas. A member of the Democratic Party,Turner was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1989 until 2016. He attended the University of Houston and Harvard Law School. Turner ran for mayor of Houston in 1991,losing in the runoff election to Bob Lanier. He lost again in 2003,coming in third and thus missing the runoff.
Stephen Ira Adler is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 58th mayor of Austin from 2015 to 2023.
John Harden Bucy III is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 136th District,which includes Northwest Austin,Cedar Park,Pflugerville,Round Rock,and the Brushy Creek area in Williamson County.
The 2022 Texas Attorney General election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the Attorney General of Texas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton won re-election to his third term. Paxton won all but 21 counties and won the popular vote by a margin of 9.7%,underperforming Governor Greg Abbott's concurrent bid for re-election by 1.1%.
The 2022 Austin mayoral election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the next mayor of Austin,Texas. The election was nonpartisan;candidates' party affiliations did not appear on the ballot. Incumbent mayor Steve Adler was term-limited and could not run for re-election. In the general election,state representative Celia Israel and former mayor Kirk Watson took the first two spots,leading realtor Jennifer Virden and several other candidates. Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote,the race proceeded to a runoff election between Israel and Watson on December 13,which Watson won by 924 votes.
The 2023 Houston mayoral election was held on November 7,2023,with a runoff on December 9 because no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round. It was held to elect the mayor of Houston,Texas. Incumbent Democratic mayor Sylvester Turner was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office. Municipal elections in Texas are officially nonpartisan.
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