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	Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough.
		Ralph Yarborough, an old-fashioned, East Texas, New Deal Democrat, was a liberal in a state where liberal isn't cool.
		Yarborough's support primarily came from the "liberal" wing of the party, so Shiver's charged him with being an integrationist and the candidate of communist labor unions.
		Ralph Yarborough died in 1996, still liberal on social issues, still un-cool.
	www.texasescapes.com /DEPARTMENTS/Guest_Columnists/East_Texas_all_things_historical/LiberalRalphYarborough1AMD401.htm (523 words)

	Ralph Yarborough Biography
		Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903- January 27, 1996) was a Texas politician who served in the United States Senate and was a leader of the progressive or liberal wing of the Democratic party in Texas in his many races for statewide office.
		Yarborough was born in Chandler, Texas as the seventh of nine children.
		Ralph Yarborough sat in the Dallas, Texas motorcade where John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, in the car behind the president and Gov. John Connally.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Yarborough_Ralph.html (1538 words)

	Acidophilus Related Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 â€“ January 27, 1996) was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate (1957 until 1971) and was a leader of the progressive or liberal wing of his party in his many races for statewide office.
		Ralph Yarborough was urged to run again for state attorney general in 1952, and he planned to do so until he received a personal affront by Governor Allan Shivers who told him not to run.
		Ralph Yarborough rode in the Dallas motorcade where John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
	www.acidophiluseffects.com /notes/?title=Ralph_Yarborough (1714 words)

	Ralph Yarborough - Demopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was a Texas politician who served in the United States Senate (1957-1971) and was a leader of the progressive or liberal wing of the Democratic Party in Texas in his many races for statewide office.
		Yarborough was known as "Smilin' Ralph" Yarborough and used the slogan "Let's put the jam on the lower shelf so the little people can reach it" in his campaigns.
		Yarborough defeated George H. Bush, future president of the United States, in the senatorial race of 1964.
	demopedia.democraticunderground.com /index.php/Ralph_Yarborough (918 words)

	Biography: Ralph Yarborough
		Ralph Webster Yarborough, the seventh of nine children, was born in Chandler, Henderson County, Texas, on 8th June, 1903.
		Yarborough was one of the leaders of the progressive wing of the party.
		Yarborough, with the support of the trade unions, was elected to the United States Senate in April 1957.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKyarborough.htm (1352 words)

	H-Net Review: Kenneth Wayne Howell on Ralph W. Yarborough, The People's Senator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Yarborough's election to the senate was especially ironic considering he had lost the Democratic nomination for governor to Daniel in the 1956 primary.
		Yarborough on the other hand is defined as a liberal purist who was unwilling to compromise with conservative politicians on key issues such as the integration of public schools and illegal use of public lands.
		Yarborough's commitment to the Great Society did not stop with education; he was also the architect behind legislation calling for an extension of the GI Bill of Rights, better known as the Cold War GI Bill, to veterans serving in the armed forces after World War II.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=196361029215876 (1817 words)

	Padre Island NS: Administrative History (Chapter 4)
		Senator Yarborough stated that the question of the size of the seashore had been principally raised by the major island property owners who wished to limit the seashore to a length between 20 and 65 miles in the middle of the island.
		Senator Yarborough said that in view of the lack of beach recreation area in the 65-mile proposal there was no justification for accepting less than the 88 miles proposed in his bill.
		Senator Yarborough did not attempt to explain that this exception was due to the difference between the stated missions of national parks and national seashores or national recreational areas.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/pais/adhi4.htm (9952 words)

	Killtown: "George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography" Chp 9 - Bush Challenges Yarborough for the Senate
		Yarborough responded by saying: "The sneaky trick my opponent is trying to pull on me tonight of pulling sentences of mine out of context with my recorded voice and playing my voice as a part of his broadcast is illegal under the law, and a discredit to anyone who aspires to be a US Senator.
		Yarborough protested to the FCC in Washington, alleging that Bush had violated section 315 of the Federal Communications Act as it then stood, because Yarborough's remarks were pre-censored and used without his permission.
		Yarborough also accused Bush of violation of section 325 of the same act, since it appeared that parts of the "empty chair" broadcast were material that had been previously broadcast elsewhere, and which could not be re-used without permission.
	killtown.911review.org /bushbio/chapter9.html (12995 words)

	George H. W. Bush - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		In 1964 Bush ran for the U.S. Senate against Ralph Yarborough, the Democratic incumbent.
		Yarborough argued that Bush's views were too extreme, and, like most Republican candidates that year, Bush was defeated in the landslide that accompanied the victory of Texas Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson over U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona in the presidential election.
		He won a coveted seat on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee (which has jurisdiction over financial matters), supported the extension of voting rights to 18-year-olds, and voted to abolish the military draft.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761571000___7/George_H_W_Bush.html (1226 words)

	Excerpt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Opal Yarborough, his wife and greatest supporter since their 1927 marriage, sat beside him in the shade of the green and white tent next to the mansion.
		Yarborough’s contributions to the political culture of Texas rival his legislative accomplishments.
		Yarborough's speaking ability combined with his keen mind served him for decades in his whirlwind campaigns that often seemed more like old-time religious revivals.
	www.patricklcox.com /For_the_media/Excerpt/excerpt.html (1340 words)

	Autograph - 04-011 Senator Ralph Yarborough typed letter signed 7-15-1957
		Yarborough, a Texas Democrat, rode with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson two cars behind President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
		Yarborough was in a public feud with Johnson’s prot
		Yarborough led the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic party.
	www.historyinink.com /04-011_Yarborough_TLS_7-15-1957.htm (349 words)

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		Yarborough Connection One of the reasons for John Kennedy’s fateful trip to Texas in November of 1963 was that he was lending the prestige of Presidential Democrat leadership to a political feud between Texas Democrats; Lyndon Johnson, Senator Ralph Yarborough and Governor John Connally.
		Yarborough has stated that he was repeatedly pressured in the summer of 1964 by nervous and demanding FBI agents.
		Yarborough has also stated that the White House reports of Lyndon Johnson were not submitted to the Warren Commission until after Yarborough submitted his on July 10, 1964.
	www.acorn.net /jfkplace/00/MP-dups-maybe/06-04-76-GBTS (822 words)

	George Bush Presidential Library and Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		As a leader of liberal Democrats in the state, Yarborough incurred the enmity of two crafty Texas politicians, Lyndon B. Johnson and Allan Shivers.
		Yarborough failed in two attempts to wrest the governorship from Shivers.
		In 1957 Yarborough was elected to the Senate, where he was one of five Southern senators to vote for the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and one of three Southern senators to vote for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
	bushlibrary.tamu.edu /exhibits/tall_texans/texan.php?id=98 (153 words)

	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Cox, Ralph W. Yarborough, the People's Senator
		Yarborough's evangelical style resembled that of twentieth-century Texas governors James "Farmer Jim" Ferguson and W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, the controversial yet dominant politicians of their respective generations.
		Yarborough's speaking ability together with his keen mind for decades enlivened and energized his whirlwind campaigns that often seemed more like old-time religious revivals.
		Yarborough provided true leadership and results on plain pocketbook issues whereas they had merely lined their own pockets at the expense of meaningful reform.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/excoxral.html (1339 words)

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		Ralph Webster "Smilin' Ralph" Yarborough, United States senator and leader of the liberal wing of the Democratic party in Texas, was born at Chandler, Texas, on June 8, 1903, the seventh of nine children of Charles Richard and Nannie Jane (Spear) Yarborough.
		In 1963 Yarborough was present at the Kennedy assassination; many believe his feud with conservative governor John B. Connally led to his sitting in the second car in the motorcade rather than with the president.
		Yarborough's last attempt at political office, a run at John G. Tower's Senate seat in 1972, did not make it past the primary, where he was defeated by Barefoot Sanders.
	www.cemetery.state.tx.us /pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=3272 (1289 words)

	Reporter-News Online: Texas News -- Opal Yarborough, wife of Ralph Yarborough, dead at 99
		She married Yarborough in 1928, when she was known as Opal Warren.
		Patrick Cox of Austin, author of a Ralph Yarborough biography, recalled the young woman's early rules for the marriage, set as Yarborough was considering returning to Henderson County to run for district attorney.
		But by 1936, Yarborough was knee-deep in politics as a top confidante and adviser as her husband was appointed state district judge in Austin.
	www.texnews.com /1998/2002/texas/texas_Opal_Yarb1112.html (420 words)

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		Yarborough's hopes for the future are to seek reelection to the soil and water board in the fall of 2004, and to run for city council in Arlington in the spring of 2007.
		Yarborough was born in Texas to Patrick D. and Mollie Ardena Yarborough on October 2,1900.
		Yarborough began his acting career in the theater, where he studied with the EVA LE GALLIENNE COMPANY, and though he would go on to work in all four areas of show business, Theatre, Film, Radio and Television, it would be his work in radio that would be best remembered.
	www.angelfire.com /la/yarbro/YarboroCountry.html (2173 words)

	Amazon.ca: Ralph W. Yarborough, the People's Senator: Books: Patrick L. Cox,Edward M. Kennedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Senator Edward M. Kennedy : Ralph Yarborough was a loyal friend and a tower of integrity.
		Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, with Senator Ralph W. Yarborough riding shotgun in a limousine through the streets of Dallas on November 22, 1963 were both ordered by a secret service agent to hit the deck.
		Yarborough was LBJ's peer and frequent rival but they buried the hatchet when JFK was killed and, together, created a massive record in civil rights, education and the environment.
	www.amazon.ca /Ralph-W-Yarborough-Peoples-Senator/dp/029271243X (957 words)

	Amazon.de: Ralph W. Yarborough: The People's Senator (Focus on American History): English Books: Edward M. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Revered by many Texans and other Americans as "the People's Senator," Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903-1996) fought for "the little people" in a political career that places him in the ranks of the most influential leaders in Texas history.
		To this day, his admirers speak of Yarborough as an inspiration for public service and a model of political independence and integrity.
		Although Yarborough's liberal politics set him at odds with most of the Texas power brokers of his time, including Lyndon Johnson, his accomplishments have become part of the national fabric.
	www.amazon.de /Ralph-W-Yarborough-Peoples-American/dp/029271243X (430 words)

	TIME.com: Cactus-Nasty Campaign -- Oct. 16, 1964 -- Page 1
		The two are liberal Democratic Senator Ralph Yarborough, a native of East Texas cotton country, and conservative Republican George Bush, a New England-bred Ivy Leaguer (Yale '48), son of Connecticut's moderate former G.O.P. Senator Prescott Bush.
		In his attacks on Yarborough, Bush recalls rumors that the Senator got $50,000 in a brown paper bag from Billie Sol Estes during the 1960 presidential campaign.
		Yarborough denies the charge, although he has admitted getting some $7,000 in campaign contributions from Estes over a three-year period, long before Estes' shenanigans came to light.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,876231,00.html (492 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Ralph Webster "Smilin' Ralph" Yarborough, United States senator and leader of the liberal wing of the Democratic party
		In 1960 Yarborough sponsored the Senate resolution leading to the Kennedy-Nixon television debate, a crucial event in the election and a model for subsequent presidential campaigns.
		Yarborough returned to the practice of law in Austin.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/YY/fyags.html (1151 words)

	Yarborough recalled as beacon of integrity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Former U.S. Sen. Ralph Yarborough's death was mourned Saturday by Democratic stalwarts in Harris County, where the politician won the battle but never won the war to become governor.
		Carr said Yarborough's Saturday morning death was a surprise, even at his advanced age of 92.
		He said Yarborough was the only person in politics who never betrayed his trust and that made the elder statesman his mentor.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/metropolitan/96/01/28/reax.html (541 words)

	Ralph Webster YARBOROUGH — Infoplease.com
		Obadale-Starks, Ernest M.B. “Ralph Yarborough of Texas and the Road to Civil Rights.” East Texas Historical Association Journal 24 (1994): 39-48.
		Ralph Yarborough at 80: A Gathering of Tributes from Several of His Book-Loving Friends.
		Tributes to the Honorable Ralph Yarborough of Texas in the United States Senate: Upon the Occasion of His Retirement from the Senate.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/us/congress/yarborough-ralph-webster.html (238 words)

	Texas Monthly January 2003: Silence Is Golden
		Reserved and effortlessly polite, Opal Yarborough (1903 - 2002) was a role model for an entire generation of political spouses.
		Opal was born in Murchison, a few days and a few miles apart from Ralph, who hailed from Chandler; they married when they were both 25, in 1928.
		Their many campaigns together, which began in 1938, when Ralph ran for state attorney general, were strenuous, and the attacks on Ralph tended toward the brutal.
	www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/2003-01-01/notforgotten.php (697 words)

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