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 | Overton, Texas, US | April 12, 1881
Died | June 23, 1964 Tyler, Texas, US | (aged 83)
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]