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Politician Writers in Texas

  Robert Granville Caldwell (b. 1882) — of Texas; Belmont, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Bogotá, Colombia of American parents, August 31, 1882. Democrat. College professor; historian; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1933-37; Bolivia, 1937-39. Member, American Historical Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Milton Etsil Caldwell and Susanna (Adams) Caldwell; married 1915 to Edith Jones.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Cynthia Noland Dunbar (b. 1964) — also known as Cynthia Dunbar — of Richmond, Fort Bend County, Tex.; Forest, Bedford County, Va. Born in Osage Beach, Camden County, Mo., June 27, 1964. Republican. Lawyer; author; member of Texas state board of education 10th District, 2007-10; member of Republican National Committee from Virginia, 2016-; candidate for U.S. Representative from Virginia 6th District, 2018. Female. Still living as of 2018.
  See also Wikipedia article — Encyclopedia of American Loons
  Books by Cynthia Dunbar: One Nation Under God: How the Left is Trying to Erase What Made Us Great (2008)
  James Albert Michener (1907-1997) — also known as James A. Michener — Born in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pa., February 3, 1907. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; author; received the Pulitzer Prize in Literature, 1948; candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1962; received the Medal of Freedom, 1977. Died in Austin, Travis County, Tex., October 16, 1997 (age 90 years, 255 days). Interment at Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Tex.; cenotaph at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  Relatives: Married 1935 to Patti Koon; married 1948 to Vange Nord; married 1955 to Mari Yoriko Sabusawa.
  Epitaph: "Traveler, Citizen, Writer."
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Laura Miller — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Newspaper reporter and columnist; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 2002-. Female. Still living as of 2004.
  Relatives: Married to Steven Dennis Wolens.
  Leland Burnette Morris (1886-1950) — also known as Leland B. Morris — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Fort Clark, Kinney County, Tex., February 7, 1886. Foreign Service officer; interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Smyrna, as of 1914-17; U.S. Consul in Salonika, as of 1919-22; Cologne, as of 1926; Athens, as of 1927-29; U.S. Consul General in Athens, as of 1932; Alexandria, as of 1938; U.S. Minister to Iceland, 1942-44; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1944-45. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Gamma Delta. Died in 1950 (age about 64 years). Burial location unknown.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  John B. Nicholson (b. 1896) — of Texas. Born in Attalla, Etowah County, Ala., November 4, 1896. Interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Changsha, 1917-18. Burial location unknown.
  Luis J. Rodriguez (b. 1954) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., 1954. Poet; novelist; Justice candidate for Vice President of the United States, 2012. Mexican ancestry. Still living as of 2012.
  See also Wikipedia article
  James Denson Sayers (1888-1957) — also known as James D. Sayers — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.; Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Summerfield, Claiborne Parish, La., March 17, 1888. Socialist. Telegraph operator; editor; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Texas, 1920; candidate for New York state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1932. Died December 26, 1957 (age 69 years, 284 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David Joel Sayers and Emma Missouri (Sayers) Sayers; married to Eda Eugenia Martin.
  Benjamin Richard Wall (1876-1955) — also known as B. R. Wall — of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Tex. Born in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Tex., May 7, 1876. Lawyer; newspaper publisher and columnist; mayor of Grapevine, Tex., 1912-14, 1916-17, 1919-20, 1933-46. Died in 1955 (age about 79 years). Statue erected 2004 at City Hall Grounds, Grapevine, Tex.
  Marianne Deborah Williamson (b. 1952) — also known as Marianne Williamson — of Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., July 8, 1952. Author; lecturer; Independent candidate for U.S. Representative from California 33rd District, 2014; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2020. Female. Russian and Jewish ancestry. Still living as of 2021.
  Relatives: Daughter of Samuel Williamson and Sophie Ann (Kaplan) Williamson.
  See also Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail — Encyclopedia of American Loons
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