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“Texas Senator” Ralph Yarborough Signed 3X5 Card COA:
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Up for sale “Texas Senator” Ralph Yarborough Hand Signed 3X5 Card. This item is authenticated By Todd

Mueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity.

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Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 –

January 27, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer. He was served in the United States Senate from

1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing

of his party. Along with Senate

Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, but unlike refused to support the 1956 Southern Manifesto, which

called for resistance to the racial integration of schools and other public

places. Yarborough voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and

the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Yarborough was the only senator from a state that was part of the Confederacy to

vote for all five bills. Born in Chandler, Texas, Yarborough practiced law in El Paso after graduating from the University of Texas School

of Law. He became an assistant to Texas Attorney General James V. Allred in 1931 and specialized in prosecuting

major oil companies. Allred was later elected governor of Texas and appointed Yarborough to a judgeship

in Travis County. After

serving in the United States Army during World War II, Yarborough repeatedly ran for governor, opposing

the conservative faction of Democrats led by Allan Shivers. Price Daniel resigned from the Senate after winning the

1956 gubernatorial election, and Yarborough won the special election to serve

the remainder of Daniel's term. He won election to a full term in 1958 and was

reelected again in 1964, defeating Harris County Republican

Party Chairman George H. W. Bush in

the latter race. Yarborough was known as "Smilin' Ralph" and used the

slogan "Let's put the jam on the lower shelf so the little people can

reach it" in his campaigns. He staunchly supported the "Great Society" legislation that encompassed Medicare and Medicaid, the War on Poverty, federal support for higher education and

veterans, and other programs. He also co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and

was the most powerful proponent of the Big Thicket National

Preserve. Yarborough criticized the Vietnam War and supported Robert F. Kennedy in the 1968 presidential

election until the latter's assassination. In 1970, Yarborough

lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, who campaigned as relatively more conservative.

Yarborough attempted to win the 1972 Democratic primary for Texas's other

Senate seat, but lost the primary to Barefoot Sanders. Yarborough did not seek public office after

1972.