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Texas Statesman William Pettus Hobby |
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Moscow,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 55' 10.28089999992",
-94° 49' 35.92431999984"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
(1878-1964) Born near this Moscow site. Son of a state senator, Judge Edwin E. Hobby. At age 17 joined staff of the Houston Post, and rose to managing editor at 23. Was named publisher of Beaumont Enterprise in 1907. Elected lieutenant governor in 1914 and 1916. Became governor at the impeachment of James E. Ferguson in 1917. Won re-election to serve his own full term, 1919-1921. Was appointed to first Board of Regents, Texas Technological college, 1924. President of the Houston Post,, 1924-1964. Married in 1931 Oveta Culp, parliamentarian of the Texas House of Representatives. For the next quarter century shared with his wife editorial administration of the Post, sparing her during World War II to serve as commander of Women's Army Corps of the United States forces, and during 1953-1955 to serve in the cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Their children were William Pettus, Jr., and Jessica. As governor, term was marked by initiation of free schoolbooks, compulsory school attendance law, budget system in state government, state drouth relief, Texas participation in World War I, and the effecting of woman's suffrage in the state and nation. Erected in memory of Governor W. P. Hobby by Houston Harte, President of Harte, Hanks and Company, Publishers, 1964.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Texas Statesman William Pettus Hobby Historical Marker Location Map, Moscow, Texas
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