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William Wallace "Bill" Blanton (March 11, 1924 - April 4, 2014) was an American politician and businessman.
Born in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, Blanton and his family moved to Carrollton, Texas, where his father ran a mill. During World War II, Blanton served as a pilot in the United States Army Air Forces. Blanton and his wife owned Schlotzsky Sandwiches Shops. Blanton served on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board. From 1977 to 1987, Blanton served as a Republican in the Texas House of Representatives. His brother Jack C.F. Blanton also served in the Texas Legislature. Blanton died in Carrollton, Texas. [1] [2]
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Farmers Branch, officially the City of Farmers Branch, is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Dallas and is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 28,616 at the 2010 census.
Carrollton is a city in Dallas, Denton, and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 133,434, making it the 23rd-most populous city in Texas.
Coppell is a city in the northwest corner of Dallas County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a suburb of Dallas and a bedroom community in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 42,983 at the 2020 census. A small area in the far northern portion of the city extends into neighboring Denton County.
Dallas College is a public community college with seven campuses in Dallas County, Texas. It serves more than 70,000 students annually in degree-granting, continuing education, and adult education programs.
Kenny Ewell Marchant is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 24th congressional district, from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented several areas around Dallas and Fort Worth.
R. L. Turner High School is a public high school located in Carrollton, Texas, (USA) in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. The school serves portions of Carrollton, Farmers Branch, and Addison.
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) is a school district based in Carrollton, Texas, United States.
District 63 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves a portion of Denton County. The current representative for the district is Republican Tan Parker, who was elected in 2006.
The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest university art museums in the U.S. with 189,340 square feet devoted to temporary exhibitions, permanent collection galleries, storage, administrative offices, classrooms, a print study room, an auditorium, shop, and cafe. The Blanton's permanent collection consists of more than 21,000 works, with significant holdings of modern and contemporary art, Latin American art, Old Master paintings, and prints and drawings from Europe, the United States, and Latin America.
Jack Sawtelle Blanton was an American oil industry executive, philanthropist, and civic leader.
James R. Pitts, known as Jim Pitts, is an American state politician and lawyer who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1993 to 2015. He was the chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee for four legislative sessions. He is a Republican from Waxahachie in Ellis County, south of his native Dallas, Texas.
William Roark Ratliff, is an American politician and engineer who served as a member of the Texas Senate from 1988 to 2004. Between 2000 and 2003 he served as the 40th lieutenant governor of Texas, after previous Lieutenant Governor Rick Perry replaced George W. Bush, who resigned to become president of the United States.
Sandra Clark Blanton, known as Sandy Blanton, is an accountant from Paoli, Indiana, who served from 2007 to 2011 as a Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives for the 62nd District, which includes her own Orange County in the southern portion of her state.
Robert Jack Blanton is a former American football strong safety. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Burt Rowe Solomons is an attorney from North Carrollton, Texas, who was from 1995 to 2013 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 65 in suburban southeastern Denton County.
Jeffrey Curtis Leach, known as Jeff Leach, is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 67, representing a portion of Collin County.
Chester Franklin "Jack" Blanton was an American politician, businessman, and newspaper editor.
Jared Lynn Patterson is an American politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 106th district. Elected in November 2018, he assumed office on January 8, 2019.
Trenton Edward Ashby is a Texas politician who currently represents district 57 of the Texas House of Representatives, which is composed of Angelina County, Houston County, Leon County, Madison County, San Augustine County, and Trinity County. Prior to being a state representative, Ashby was a local politician and business owner.
Women have been underrepresented in all three branches of Texas state government. Texas has had only two female governors over 175 years since statehood, and many prominent executive positions - such as Lieutenant Governor - have yet to be filled by women. While the percentage of women in the Texas Legislature has increased over the past few legislative sessions, as of December 2021, the percentage of female legislators in both the Texas House and the Texas Senate still fell far short of 50.3% - the percentage of women in the overall Texas population. The state's highest courts – the Supreme Court of Texas and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals – have seen similarly low numbers of female justices throughout their history.