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'''Edwin S. Mayer''' (August 1, 1896 – March 26, 1963) was a figure in the [[Republican Party]] in his native U.S. state of [[Texas]], the only delegate to the 1960 Republican National Convention who abstained in the selection of [[Richard Nixon]]'s running-mate, [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.]], former U.S. senator from [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=txonline>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmaay|title=Mayer, Edwin S.|author|Robin Dutton|publisher=Texas State Historical Association on-line|accessdate=May 7, 2017}}</ref> The Nixon-Lodge ticket went on to lose nationally and in Texas in the hard-fought race against [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], another Texan native.
Born in [[San Antonio]] to Sol and Ernestine E. Mayer, he was educated in [[Fort Worth]], [[Kansas City]], Missouri]], and [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], but graduated from Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, [[Illinois]]. He served for twenty-seven months in [[World War I]] and for four years in [[World War II]], in which he reached the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] in the [[United States Army Air Corps.]], forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]].<ref name=txonline/>
After studying business administration at the University of Denver, Mayer in 1924 began raising [[sheep]] and [[goat]]s and in the 1930s was the president and manager of the Lone Star Wool and Mohair Cooperative Association. He was for two years vice-president of the National Wool Growers Association and also presided over the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. He was a director for the San Angelo National Bank in San Angelo, Texas, and the president of the San Angelo Community Concert Association and the Rotary Club. He was a member of the Concho Valley Council of the [[Boy Scouts]], the Masonic lodge, and the [[American Legion]]. <ref name=txonline/>
Beginning in 1953, Mayer joined the Texas Republican Executive Committee. Earlier, he had been an [[Electoral college|elector]] for [[Wendell Willkie]] in the 1940 presidential election and twice an elector for [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1952 and 1956. He ran for governor in 1958 but was defeated seven-to-one in a mostly uncontested general election by the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Marion Price Daniel, Sr. Meyer then went on to become the Republican county chairman in Sutton County, a center of the sheep and goats industry.<ref name=txonline/>
On February 15, 1926, Mayer married the former Minnie Hirsh. The couple had four sons and one daughter. The family was active in the First [[Church of Christ, Scientist]], in San Angelo. Mayer died in [[San Francisco]] at the Christian Science Benevolent Association after having been stricken for several months previously.<ref name=txonline/> The burial site is unknown.
==Reference==
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==Bibliography==
*Paul D. Casdorph, A History of the Republican Party in Texas, 1865–1965 (Austin: Pemberton Press, 1965).<br>
*Sheep and Goat Raisers' Magazine, April 1963.<br>
*Vertical Files, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
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Born in [[San Antonio]] to Sol and Ernestine E. Mayer, he was educated in [[Fort Worth]], [[Kansas City]], Missouri]], and [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], but graduated from Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, [[Illinois]]. He served for twenty-seven months in [[World War I]] and for four years in [[World War II]], in which he reached the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] in the [[United States Army Air Corps.]], forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]].<ref name=txonline/>
After studying business administration at the University of Denver, Mayer in 1924 began raising [[sheep]] and [[goat]]s and in the 1930s was the president and manager of the Lone Star Wool and Mohair Cooperative Association. He was for two years vice-president of the National Wool Growers Association and also presided over the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. He was a director for the San Angelo National Bank in San Angelo, Texas, and the president of the San Angelo Community Concert Association and the Rotary Club. He was a member of the Concho Valley Council of the [[Boy Scouts]], the Masonic lodge, and the [[American Legion]]. <ref name=txonline/>
Beginning in 1953, Mayer joined the Texas Republican Executive Committee. Earlier, he had been an [[Electoral college|elector]] for [[Wendell Willkie]] in the 1940 presidential election and twice an elector for [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1952 and 1956. He ran for governor in 1958 but was defeated seven-to-one in a mostly uncontested general election by the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Marion Price Daniel, Sr. Meyer then went on to become the Republican county chairman in Sutton County, a center of the sheep and goats industry.<ref name=txonline/>
On February 15, 1926, Mayer married the former Minnie Hirsh. The couple had four sons and one daughter. The family was active in the First [[Church of Christ, Scientist]], in San Angelo. Mayer died in [[San Francisco]] at the Christian Science Benevolent Association after having been stricken for several months previously.<ref name=txonline/> The burial site is unknown.
==Reference==
{{reflist}}
==Bibliography==
*Paul D. Casdorph, A History of the Republican Party in Texas, 1865–1965 (Austin: Pemberton Press, 1965).<br>
*Sheep and Goat Raisers' Magazine, April 1963.<br>
*Vertical Files, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
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[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:World War I]]
[[Category:World War II]]