The Political Graveyard: Texas Delegation to 1956 Republican National Convention
- ️Lawrence Kestenbaum
Texas Delegation to the
1956
Republican National Convention
Delegation chair: H. J. Porter
Delegates (may be incomplete!)
- At-Large: John Q. Adams, Harlingen - Bruce Alger, Dallas - Mrs. John R. Black, Dallas - Richard P. Burns, Houston - W. H. Francis, Jr., Houston - J. A. Gooch, Fort Worth - Grover Hartt, Dallas - Earl Hollandsworth, Longview - W. P. Luse, Dallas - Lewis J. Moorman, San Antonio - Frank T. O'Brien, Amarillo - H. J. Porter, Houston
- 1st District: George G. Huffman, Marshall - Howard F. McWilliams, Atlanta
- 2nd District: Randolph C. Reed, Beaumont - Temple Weber, Jr., Lufkin
- 3rd District: Mrs. Charles L. Bacheller, Kilgore - Kelley Smith, Tyler
- 4th District: H. M. Dyer, Commerce - Jack C. W. Martin, Denison
- 5th District: M. Sims Davidson, Dallas - Paul O'Rourke, Dallas
- 6th District: Elizabeth B. Daugherty, Fairfield - Herman Hawker, Teague
- 7th District: John H. Blaffer, Houston - Joseph E. A. Ross, Rusk
- 8th District: Thad T. Hutcheson, Houston - Harry Linderman, Houston
- 9th District: W. M. Murphy, Jr., Victoria - Jeanne Overbaugh, Lake Jackson
- 10th District: D. D. Williamson, Austin - Earl L. Yeakel, Jr., Austin
- 11th District: Charles G. Edison, Waco - Mrs. Goodhue Smith, Waco
- 12th District: Bayard H. Friedman, Fort Worth - R. O. Shaffer, Fort Worth
- 13th District: Mrs. W. H. Lobaugh, Graham - John G. Tower, Wichita Falls
- 14th District: Harvey J. Fry, Jr., Corpus Christi - Neal D. Terrey, Alice
- 15th District: Frank M. Anderson, Brownsville - Mrs. Paul Armstrong, McAllen
- 16th District: Ford Chapman, Pecos - John T. Grambling, El Paso
- 17th District: Price Campbell, Abilene - Mrs. John Dumont, Abilene
- 18th District: Mrs. George N. McDaniel, Borger - L. R. Miller, Pampa
- 19th District: Claude S. Cravens, Slaton - Mrs. L. H. Thomas, Ralls
- 20th District: Mrs. Robert Grice Maverick, San Antonio - Joe S. Sheldon, San Antonio
- 21st District: Edwin S. Mayer, Sonora - Adolf Stieler, Comfort
Alternates (may be incomplete!)
- At-Large: Thomas D. Anderson, Houston - Mrs. Thomas R. Armstrong, Armstrong - Neil E. Beaton, San Antonio - Mrs. Frank Buhler, Victoria - W. L. Davis, Houston - Walter L. Fleming, Jr., Dallas - John Flemister, Brownwood - Leo Horowitz, Seguin - Mrs. R. D. O'Callaghan, San Antonio - Paul Raigorodsky, Dallas - Jack Shepherd, East Houston - Mrs. William A. Smith, Houston
- 1st District: Mrs. R. M. Head, Texarkana - Mrs. Howard F. McWilliams, Atlanta
- 2nd District: Mrs. A. G. Natwick, Beaumont - P. C. Tynan, Nederland
- 3rd District: Mrs. James W. Fair, Tyler - Douglas Godfrey, Kilgore
- 4th District: F. E. Clark, Honey Grove - J. S. Flanagan, Mabank
- 5th District: Mrs. E. D. MacIver, Dallas - Mrs. A. E. Swenson, Dallas
- 6th District: Mrs. Dan B. Hammill, Corsicana - E. J. Woolley, Midlothian
- 7th District: W. J. Goldston, Houston - Sue Hayes, Palestine
- 8th District: Harris T. Gregg, Houston - Mrs. John W. Martin, Houston
- 9th District: Sid Farmer, Jr., Galveston - Mrs. Hargrove Smith, Eagle Lake
- 10th District: Virginia Dana, Austin - Beryl Milburn, Austin
- 11th District: J. D. Metz, Waco - J. E. Milam, Jr., Waco
- 12th District: Jack Eidson, Weatherford - Harold G. Neely, Fort Worth
- 13th District: L. A. DeLee, Wichita Falls - J. K. Hundley, Lake Dallas
- 14th District: Axtell Byles, New Braunfels - Lawrence Wood, Refugio
- 15th District: H. Raymond Mills, Weslaco - Dan Murphy, Harlingen
- 16th District: James Marberry, Midland - Mrs. R. M. Metcalfe, El Paso
- 17th District: Mrs. Guy W. Ewing, Jr., Breckenridge - L. S. Howard, Roscoe
- 18th District: R. E. Clements, Amarillo - Ben Guill, Pampa
- 19th District: C. E. Shoemake, Sundown - L. J. Swanson, Littlefield
- 20th District: Edward B. Caruthers, San Antonio - John W. Goode, San Antonio
- 21st District: Mrs. Charles F. Browne, Sonora - Emmie K. Schroeder, Fredericksburg
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