Earle B. Mayfield | |
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| United States Senator from Texas | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Charles A. Culberson |
| Succeeded by | Tom Connally |
| Railroad Commissioner of Texas | |
| In office January 2, 1913 – March 1, 1923[1] | |
| Governor | Oscar Branch Colquitt James E. Ferguson William P. Hobby Pat Morris Neff |
| Preceded by | John L. Wortham |
| Succeeded by | Walter Marshall William Splawn |
| Member of the Texas Senate from the 27th district | |
| In office January 8, 1907 – September 25, 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Robert W. Martin |
| Succeeded by | Charles W. Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 12, 1881 Overton, Texas, US |
| Died | June 23, 1964 (aged 83) Tyler, Texas, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Ora Lumpkin (m. 1902) |
| Children | 3 |
Earle Bradford Mayfield (April 12, 1881 – June 23, 1964) 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 considered by the voters to be a member of the revived Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Mayfield quietly accepted KKK support but never said he had joined.[2] He was defeated for reelection in 1928 when his opponent attacked his links to the KKK.[3][4][5]
- ^ "Railroad Commissioners Past through Present". www.rrc.texas.gov. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Thomas R. Pegram, One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s;; (2011) p 190.
- ^ Jackson, 1967.
- ^ McVeigh, March 2001, p. 2.
- ^ Chalmers.