Earle B. Mayfield
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Earle Bradford Mayfield was a Texas lawyer who, from 1907 to 1913, was a Texas state senator. In 1922, he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat. He was the first U.S. senator to be widely consi
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George Peddy
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George Peddy was an American attorney, military officer, and political figure from Texas. A 1920 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, he practiced law in Houston with the prominent firm
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…Sheppard of Texarkana, Mayfield won the Democratic nomination. In the general election held on November 7, 1922, Mayfield faced the Independent candidate George Peddy, who also had the backing of the Republican Party. Because Peddy's name was not on the ballot, his supporters waged a write-in campaign. Peddy's write-in…
Peddy, probably as a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1917
Bain News Service photo, circa 1922