| Birth: | Jun. 8, 1903 | | Death: | Jan. 27, 1996 | 
Liberal Democratic US Senator (1957-70) from Texas. Defeated three times for Governor (1952, 54 and 56). He shared the limousine with Vice President Lyndon Johnson in Dallas when Kennedy was assassinated. In 1964 he was the only Southern Senator to vote for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He practiced law until he was 90.
Search Amazon for Ralph Yarborough | | | Burial:
Texas State Cemetery
Austin
Travis County
Texas, USA
Plot: Republic Hill Section 2 Row G Plot 10
GPS (lat/lon): 30.15928, -97.43615 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Oct 27, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 18189 |
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Thank you for defying the likes of Al Gore, Sr. and voting for the 1964 Civil Rights Act anyway. I know your fellow democrats hated you for it.
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sanmart
Added: Feb. 14, 2013 |
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sniksnak
Added: Jan. 27, 2013 |
Remembering Senator 17 years later
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MFPS
Added: Jan. 27, 2013 |
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(3.7 after 26 votes)
