Hemphill County, Texas - Canadian, Texas, Malouf Abraham, Sr., Tom Abraham, Glazier, Texas, Malouf Abraham, JR. (Paperback)

Chapters: Canadian, Texas, Malouf Abraham, Sr., Tom Abraham, Glazier, Texas, Malouf Abraham, Jr., Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent School District, Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, Canadian Independent School District. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Betty Abraham Cooper (born 1942)Bill Ed Abraham (born 1945) Malouf Abraham, Sr. (July 26, 1915 May 30, 1994) was a self-made Texas multi-millionaire in the oil and natural gas business and a political and civic leader from Canadian, the seat of Hemphill County in the northeastern Texas Panhandle. He made his fortune in part by leasing mineral rights throughout the eastern Panhandle adjacent to Oklahoma. Abraham was elected to two two-year terms as mayor of his native Canadian in 1953 and again in 1955. Twelve years later, Abraham entered the Texas House of Representatives (1967-1971) as a Republican member from then District 84 (later District 79). In addition to his own Hemphill County, he represented Gray, Hansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, and Wheeler counties. Abraham was elected to the Texas House, having served from 1967 to 1971 during the gubernatorial terms of John B. Connally and Preston Smith. In the legislature, Abraham was particularly known for "economy in government." Each year of his service, he spent less on his office staff and maintenance than any other lawmaker. In 1970, Abraham ran unsuccessfully for the District 31 Panhandle seat in the Texas State Senate vacated by the 30-year incumbent, Grady Hazlewood, an Amarillo Democrat. Abraham trailed the Democrat Max R. Sherman of Amarillo, 33,637 to 37,593 ballots. The loss was in time viewed as a blessing by the Abraham family, recalled his son, Malouf Abraham, Jr., M.D. (born 1939), a retired allergist and patron of the ar...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=959753