Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996

LC control no.	n 84160200
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Yarborough, Ralph W.
Birth date	19030608
Death date	19960127
Place of birth	Chandler (Tex.)
Place of death	Austin (Tex.)
Affiliation	United States Military Academy Sam Houston State Teachers College American Chamber of Commerce in Germany Texas. National Guard University of Texas. School of Law Texas. Attorney-General's Office Lower Colorado River Authority United States. Army Texas Board of Law Examiners United States. Congress. Senate Gallaudet College. Board of Directors Texas. Constitutional Revision Commission Texas State Library and Archives Commission Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers Attorneys general Authors College teachers Judges
Found in	Ralph Webster Yarborough at 80, 1984: t.p. (Ralph Webster Yarborough) LC data base, 1-7-85 (hdg.: Yarborough, Ralph W.) WW in America, 1984/85 (Yarborough, Ralph Webster; lawyer, former U.S. senator; b. Chandler, Tex. 6-8-1903) The new handbk. of Tex., 1996 (Yarborough, Ralph Webster; d. Jan., 1996) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, September 11, 2014 (Yarborough, Ralph Webster, a Senator from Texas; born in Chandler, Henderson County, Tex., June 8, 1903; attended the public schools of Chandler and Tyler, Tex.; attended the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1919 and 1920 and the Sam Houston State Teachers College, Huntsville, Tex., in 1921; taught school for three years in Delta and Martin Springs, Henderson County, Tex.; spent one year working and studying foreign trade and international relations in Europe, mostly in Germany as assistant secretary for the American Chamber of Commerce in Berlin; served in the Thirty-sixth Division, Texas National Guard, from private to staff sergeant 1923-1926; graduated from the University of Texas Law School in 1927; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in El Paso, Tex.; assistant attorney general of Texas 1931-1934; member, board of directors of the Lower Colorado River Authority 1935; unsuccessful candidate for State attorney general in 1938; lectured on land law at University of Texas Law School in 1935; elected and served as district judge of the Fifty-third Judicial district, Austin, Tex., 1936-1941, and for three years was presiding judge for the third administrative judicial district; during the Second World War served in Army ground forces in Europe and Japan from 1943 until discharged as a lieutenant colonel in 1946; author; member of Texas Board of Law Examiners 1947-1951; unsuccessful candidate for the gubernatorial nomination in 1952, 1954, and 1956; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in a special election on April 2, 1957, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Price Daniel for the term ending January 3, 1959; reelected in 1958 and 1964 and served from April 29, 1957, to January 3, 1971; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 and for nomination in 1972; chairman, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Ninety-first Congress); member, Interparliamentary Union Group 1961-1970; member, board of directors, Gallaudet College 1969-1971; member, constitutional revision commission of Texas 1973-1974; member, State library and archives commission of Texas 1983-1987; practiced law in Austin, Tex., was a resident of Austin, Tex., until his death on January 27, 1996; interment in Texas State Cemetery, Austin)