Earle Bradford Mayfield

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Earle Bradford Mayfield

Earle Bradford Mayfield (born April 12, 1881 in Overton , Texas , †  June 23, 1964 in Tyler , Texas) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Texas between 1923 and 1929 in the US Senate .

After attending school in East Texas , Mayfield graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown in 1900 ; immediately afterwards he studied law at the University of Texas at Austin . In 1907 he was admitted to the bar, whereupon he began practicing law in Meridian . At the same time he was also active as a businessman in agriculture and in the food wholesale business. Between 1907 and 1913 he held a seat in the Texas Senate ; after that he was a member of the State Railway Committee for ten years.

In 1922, Earle Bradford Mayfield was one of six inner-party challengers to incumbent US Senator Charles A. Culberson . After Culberson, who had sat in the Senate since 1899, failed prematurely, a run-off election had to bring about the decision between former Texas Governor James E. Ferguson and Mayfield, who was considered a " Ku Klux Klan candidate". Like Mayfield, the secret society supported Prohibition , while Ferguson was seen as its opponent. Mayfield won the runoff election and then easily won the actual election against the independent candidate George Peddy. He had the result challenged due to alleged irregularities; after a two-year investigation, the Senate ultimately decided in Mayfield's favor.

After six years in office, Mayfield returned to the Democratic Primary in 1928 , but this time was defeated by Congressman Tom Connally and had to leave the Senate on March 3, 1929. In 1930 he applied for his party's nomination for governorship, but only finished seventh out of eleven candidates. He then retired from politics and worked as a lawyer in Tyler until 1952, where he also died in 1964.

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SURNAME Mayfield, Earle Bradford
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Overton , Texas
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1964
Place of death Tyler , Texas