Texas Delegation to 1944 Republican National Convention (original) (raw)
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| Texas Delegation to the1944 Republican National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: R. B. Creager, Brownsville - Marrs McLean, San Antonio - Lena Gay More, Brownsville - John W. Philp, Dallas1st District: Claud Ferguson, Paris2nd District: L. J. Benckenstein, Beaumont3rd District: B. J. Peasley, Tyler4th District: Herman Duncan, Kaufman5th District: J. R. Black, Dallas - George C. Hopkins, Dallas6th District: William G. McClain, Waxahachie7th District: Dudley B. Lawson, Alto8th District: John F. Grant, Houston - Clarence A. Miller, Houston9th District: John Donaldson, Victoria - Robert W. Humphreys, Galveston10th District: J. H. Miles, Taylor11th District: Sam Mewhinney, Buckholts12th District: Marshall H. Kennady, Fort Worth13th District: Orville Bullington, Wichita Falls14th District: Leo Horowitz, Seguin - Howell Ward, Corpus Christi15th District: Robert N. Clarke, McAllen - Carlos G. Watson, Brownsville16th District: H. L. McCune, El Paso17th District: L. S. Howard, Roscoe18th District: Ruthelle Bacon, Amarillo - Henry Schafer, Skellytown19th District: W. C. Briggs, Paducah20th District: Eugene Nolte, Jr., San Antonio - Joe S. Sheldon, San Antonio21st District: C. K. McDowell, Del Rio - Hobart K. McDowell, San Angelo Alternates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: Mrs. H. E. Exum, Amarillo - Mrs. Carl G. Stearns, Houston - J. T. Walton, San Antonio - Henry Zweifel, Fort Worth1st District: James L. Crawford, Sulphur Springs2nd District: John B. Thomas, Beaumont3rd District: Murray C. Sells, Gladewater4th District: Quinton Little, Sherman5th District: Alvin H. Lane, Dallas - J. C. Thompson, Jr., Dallas6th District: Mose R. Blumrosen, Corsicana7th District: B. L. Garrett, Frankston8th District: Nat Friedman, Houston - Mrs. Robert H. J. Osborne, Jr., Houston9th District: Sam L. Gross, Dallas - Hugh Koether, Hallettsville10th District: Don Williamson, Austin11th District: Fred H. Guffy, Belton12th District: Sara M. Renaud, Fort Worth13th District: Louis H. Gould, Wichita Falls14th District: R. J. Grimsley, New Braunfels - Lester Gunst, Corpus Christi15th District: John Q. Adams, Harlingen - James A. Purse, Jr., Dallas16th District: H. J. Baron, El Paso17th District: J. R. Brewster, Breckenridge18th District: George B. Cree, Pampa - Jack Parnell, Paducah19th District: A. E. Dumont, Paducah20th District: Mark K. Hance, San Antonio - William A. Turner, San Antonio21st District: Leslie A. Boswell, Boerne - Roger Gillis, Del Rio | | | 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