Earle B. Mayfield
Earle B. Mayfield | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | April 12, 1881 Overton, Texas, US |
| Died | June 23, 1964 (aged 83) Tyler, Texas, US |
| 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. He was defeated for reelection in 1928 when his opponent attacked his links to the KKK.