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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 near [[Chicago]], [[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/>

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 near [[Chicago]], [[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/>

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/>  

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.

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.

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*Paul D. Casdorph, ''A History of the Republican Party in Texas, 1865–1965'' (Austin: Pemberton Press, 1965).<br>

*Paul D. Casdorph, ''A History of the Republican Party in Texas, 1865–1965'' (Austin: Pemberton Press, 1965).

*''Sheep and Goat Raisers' Magazine,'' April 1963.<br>

*''Sheep and Goat Raisers' Magazine,'' April 1963.

*Vertical Files, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, [[University of Texas at Austin]].

*Vertical Files, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, [[University of Texas at Austin]].