Price Daniel

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Price Daniel (around 1955)

Marion Price Daniel, Sr. (born October 10, 1910 in Dayton , Texas , † August 25, 1988 in Liberty , Texas) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ). He was a US Senator from 1953 to 1957 and Governor of Texas from 1957 to 1963 .

Career

Price Daniel was born on October 10, 1910 in Dayton, Texas. He graduated from Baylor University . He then worked as a lawyer in Liberty County .

Daniel was elected a Democrat to the Texas House of Representatives in 1939 . There he stood up against Texas' acceptance of sales tax and was elected Speaker of the House in 1943 . After his tenure as a speaker, he signed up as a private in the US Army . In 1946 he was dismissed with the rank of captain .

He then returned to Texas and was elected to the office of Attorney General . As a result of his service, Daniel defended the University of Texas Law School in the Sweatt v. Painter . He was also involved in the dispute over gun law. Daniel was also a supporter of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the US presidential election of 1952. In the same year Daniel was elected to the US Senate . One of his first acts there was to draft a law on guns, which President Eisenhower signed. He was against the abolition of racial segregation (desegregation) and in 1956 signed the so-called Southern Manifesto , a letter of protest against equal rights for blacks.

Subsequently, US Senator Daniel ran for governor of Texas in 1956 and won the election. His intra-party competitor Ralph Yarborough then followed Daniel as a result of an extraordinary election that was held in 1957 in the Senate. He took over the office from the provisional incumbent William A. Blakley , who held the office briefly. Daniel was re-elected as governor in 1958 and 1960. What was impressive about the 1960 gubernatorial election was that Daniel won the election by a significantly larger majority when John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson got their Democratic presidential and vice-presidential nominations. Daniel received 1,637,755 votes (72.8 percent) compared to Republican William Steger , who got 612,963 votes (27.2 percent).

During the legislative period of 1961, a 2-cent sales tax was passed, which Daniel did not sign, so that the law, which was supposed to prevent the bankruptcy of the state, did not come into force. After the sales tax was passed, Daniel's popularity waned and he failed to attempt a fourth term in 1962. He lost the Democratic nomination to former Navy Secretary of State John Connally , who then defeated Republican Jack Cox.

He was then appointed head of the Office of Emergency Preparedness by President Lyndon B. Johnson . He was then appointed to the Texas Supreme Court by Governor Preston Smith in 1971 , where he was re-elected twice, in 1972 and 1979. During his second term in office he decided to retire.

Price Daniel died on August 25, 1988 in Liberty. He was buried in the family grave.

Honors

The Price Daniel, Sr. State Office Building was named after him in his honor.

family

Daniel's wife, Jean Houston Daniel, was the great-great-granddaughter of the legendary Sam Houston . Daniel's eldest son, Price Daniel Jr. , was, like his father, later Speaker in Texas' House of Representatives, but only one term. Daniel Jr. was killed by a gunshot in 1981. His second wife was charged with murder, but she was acquitted. Price and Jean Daniel's other children were Jean Houston Murph, Houston Lee, and John Baldwin. His brother Bill (1915-2006) was the governor of Guam .

Web links

  • Price Daniel in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Daniel, Price
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Daniel, Marion Price senior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Dayton , Texas
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1988
Place of death Liberty , Texas