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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., a former U.S. senator from [[Massachusetts]] and the grandson of [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s nemesis over the [[League of Nations]], [[Henry Cabot Lodge senior|Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.]]<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 as well in the hard-fought race against [[John F. Kennedy]], also of Massachusetts, and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], another Texan native.
{{Infobox person
|name=Edwin S. Mayer
|birth_date=August 1, 1896
|birth_place=[[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]
|death_date=March 26, 1963
|death_place=Odessa, Ector County, Texas
|religion=[[Church of Christ, Scientist]]
|spouse=Minnie Hirsh Mayer (married 1926-1963, his death)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
}}
'''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., a former [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[Massachusetts]] and the grandson of [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s nemesis over the [[League of Nations]], [[Henry Cabot Lodge senior|Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.]]<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 as well in the hard-fought race against [[John F. Kennedy]], also of Massachusetts who had succeeded Lodge in the Senate, 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 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/>