Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel (March 11, 1890 - May 11, 1969) was a radio personality and a politician from Texas. March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None Area 696,241 km² (2nd)  - Land 678,907 km²  - Water 17,333 km² (2. ...

O'Daniel was born in Malta, Ohio. As a young child, he moved to Reno County, Kansas. O'Daniel worked in the flour milling business and moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 1925 to work for the Burrus Mills. O'Daniel soon took over their radio advertising, wrote songs and hired a group of musicians. Malta is a village located in Morgan County, Ohio. ... Reno County (standard abbreviation: RN) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ... Fort Worth is the sixth-largest city in the state of Texas, located about 30 miles west of Dallas on the West Fork Trinity River and forming part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ... Events January-May January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. ...

In 1938, he ran for Governor of Texas as a Democrat. O'Daniel's campaign hailed his flour and the need for pensions and tax cuts. O'Daniel promised to block a sales tax and raise pensions. O'Daniel won the Democratic party primary election easily with 51% of the vote. O'Daniel proposed a new sales tax, which was voted down by the Texas Legislature. He easily won re-election in 1940. 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major United States political parties. ... A primary election is one in which a political party selects a candidate for a later election by all registered voters in that jurisdiction (nominating primary). ... The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1941, O'Daniel ran for the United States Senate in a special election. He defeated Lyndon Johnson by 1,306 votes in one of the more controversial elections in state history. As a Senator, O'Daniel was ineffective as most of his legislation was defeated. He endorsed the Texas Regulars in 1944 presidential election. O'Daniel refused to run for another term in 1948. O'Daniel ran for Governor of Texas in 1956 and 1958 and claimed that the Brown v. Board of Education decision was part of a communist conspiracy. He finished third in the Democratic primaries both times. 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... The Texas Regulars was a group based in Texas which was formed in 1944 to deny Franklin Roosevelt a majority of the Electoral College in the 1944 presidential election. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Holding Racial segregation in public education violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; separate facilities are “inherently unequal. ...

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External links

• Handbook of Texas entry for O'Daniel (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/OO/fo%274.html)