THOMAS MITCHELL CAMPBELL was born in Rusk, Texas, receiving his early education in the public schools and then attending the Rusk Masonic Institute. He went on to Trinity University at…

OSCAR BRANCH COLQUITT was born in Camilla, Georgia. He attended public schools there and in Daingerfield, Texas, as well as the Daingerfield Academy. Having learned the printing trade, he founded…

JAMES EDWARD FERGUSON was born in Bell County, Texas. He studied law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1897. At the age of sixteen he left Texas for…

WILLIAM PETTUS HOBBY was born in Moscow, Texas. After attending Houston High School, he went into the newspaper business, starting as a clerk with the Houston Post-Dispatch in 1895 and…

PAT MORRIS NEFF was born in McGregor, Texas. He received undergraduate and master's degrees from Baylor University as well as a law degree from the University of Texas. He was…

Born in Bell County, Texas, MIRIAM A. ("MA") FERGUSON attended Salado College and Baylor Female College. When her husband, who had resigned the governorship in 1917 under threat of impeachment,…

A native of Taylor, Texas, DANIEL J. MOODY attended the University of Texas from 1910 to 1914 and went on to serve in the Texas National Guard during World War…

ROSS S. STERLING was born in Anahuac, Texas, where he attended public school. An independent oil operator, he founded Humble Oil and Refining Company in 1910. He was also a…

JAMES V. ALLRED was born in >Bowie, Texas. He attended Rice Institute and received an LL.B. from Cumberland University in 1921. During World War I he was a seaman in…

WILBERT LEE ("PAPPY") O'DANIEL was born in Malta, Ohio and educated in Arlington and Hutchinson, Kansas. Having risen to popularity in Texas as a radio entertainer, director of the "Light…

Born in Mason County, Texas, Coke R. Stevenson was largely self-educated. An attorney, banker, businessman, and rancher, he served as Kimble County Attorney from 1914 to 1918, Kimble County Judge…

BEAUFORD HALBERT JESTER was born in Corsicana, Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas, he began law school at Harvard but his education was interrupted by service as an…