 Bill Daniel (right) and his wife "Miss Vara" at one of their meetings with President Kennedy. William (Bill) Partlow Daniel (20 November 1915 – 20 June 2006), was born in Dayton, Texas. A former Governor of Guam and Democrat member of the Texas House of Representatives. A graduate of Baylor University, he spent the majority of his life working as a lawyer in Liberty County, Texas. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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List of Guam Governors Since after World War II 1946 - 1949 Charles Alan Pownall 1949 - 1953 Carlton S. Skinner 1953 - 1956 Ford Quint Elvidge 1956 - 1956 William T. Corbett 1956 - 1959 Richard Barrett Lowe 1959 - 1960 Marcellus G. Boss 1960 - 1961 Joseph F. Flores 1961 - 1962 William Patlov Daniel 1962...
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Liberty County is a county located in the state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. ...
Bill Daniel was born into a wealthy and prominent Texas family, his older brother Price Daniel Sr. went on to become Governor of Texas, Texas Supreme Court Justice and a US Senator. Daniel made large donations to good causes especially to his alma mater Baylor University, several of the campus buildings are named after him, his late wife Vara and other members of the Daniel family.[1] [2] Texas politician Price Daniel Marion Price Daniel, Sr. ...
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Political career
From 1949 to 1953 he served as a Democrat member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 14th District, his brother Price had previously held this office from 1939 - 1945. Democratic Party may refer to one of many political parties of diverse political orientation: Democratic Parties United States—Democratic Party (United States) Albania—Democratic Alliance Party, Democratic Party (Albania), and Democratic Party of Albania Andorra—Democratic Party (Andorra) Australia—Australian Democrats Benin—Democratic Party (Benin) Bosnia and Herzegovina—Croatian Democratic...
In 1961 President Kennedy appointed him to the position of Governor of Guam, an office he held from May 20, 1961 to January 20, 1963.
His main achievement as Governor was persuading Kennedy to sign an Executive Order (No.11045), rescinding the one put in place during 1941 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The old travel restrictions required that all civilians wishing to visit Guam had to get approval from a senior US Navy officer based in Washington, D.C., this often took weeks to obtain. With this obstacle removed the US Territory was able to expand its economic wings, and the tourism industry was also able to fully develop. JFK redirects here. ...
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Worthy of mention is the fact that both he and his brother Price were serving as US Governors at the same time, this was the first time in US history that this had occured.
Trivia Bill Daniel appeared in the John Wayne film The Alamo playing Colonel Neill. Daniel also provided the film with 400 longhorns and hundreds of horses from his ranch. U.S. John Wayne stamp from 2004 John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), popularly known as The Duke,[1] was an American film actor whose career began in silent films in the 1920s. ...
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References - ^ Baylor University campus buildings
- ^ Bill Daniel's Baylor obituary
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