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'''Arthur "Buddy" Temple, III''' (born February 26, 1942), is a [[business]]man from Lufkin, [[Texas]], who served as a [[Democrat]] in the Texas House of Representatives and on the regulatory Texas Railroad Commission. He failed in a bid for his party's gubernatorial nomination in 1982.

|name=Arthur "Buddy" Temple, III

|birth_date=February 26, 1942

|birth_place=Texarkana, [[Arkansas]]<br>

Reared in Lufkin, Angelina County, [[Texas]]

[[University of Texas at Austin]] (dropped out after a year)

|spouse=(1) April Clover Temple (married 1962, divorced_<br>

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

|office=Texas State Representative for<br> District 6 (Angelina, Newton, Shelby, and San Augustine counties)

|office2=[[Texas Railroad Commission]]er

|preceded2=John H. Poerner

Temple was born to the wealthy lumberman Arthur Temple, Jr. (1920-2006),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/TempleObitMay06.htm|title=Arthur Temple died at 86 after heart attack|publisher=thepineywoods.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> and the former Mary MacQuiston (born 1919)<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistorycenteronline.com/documents/findingguides/2007_053_buddy_temple_legislative.pdf|title=Summary Information: Arthur "Buddy Temple"|publisher=thehistorycenteronline.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> in Texarkana, [[Arkansas]]. He was reared in Lufkin, the seat of Angelina County in East Texas. In 1960, Temple graduated from the Lawrenceville School, a boarding school in Lawrenceville near [[Princeton]], [[New Jersey]].<ref name=bio/> He then briefly attended the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] from 1960 to 1961, when he joined the [[United States Army]] and served until 1963. He worked in various businesses, including his family-owned Temple Industries from 1964 to 1966, when he ran the Exeter Investment Company as vice-president, president, and chairman from 1968 to 1982, and, again, from 1986 to 2002.<ref name=bio/>

 

Temple was born to the wealthy lumberman Arthur Temple, Jr. (1920-2006),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/TempleObitMay06.htm|title=Arthur Temple died at 86 after heart attack|publisher=thepineywoods.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> and the former Mary MacQuiston (born 1919)<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistorycenteronline.com/documents/findingguides/2007_053_buddy_temple_legislative.pdf|title=Summary Information: Arthur "Buddy Temple"|publisher=thehistorycenteronline.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> in Texarkana, [[Arkansas]]. He was reared in Lufkin in Angelina County in East Texas. In 1960, Temple graduated from the Lawrenceville School, a boarding school in Lawrenceville near [[Princeton]], [[New Jersey]].<ref name=bio/> He then briefly attended the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] from 1960 to 1961, when he joined the [[United States Army]] and served until 1963. He worked in various businesses, including his family-owned Temple Industries from 1964 to 1966, when he ran the Exeter Investment Company as vice-president, president, and chairman from 1968 to 1982, and, again, from 1986 to 2002.<ref name=bio/>

   

   

In 1966, he was elected to the school board in Diboll in Angelina County, with service at the height of desegregation. In 1972, Temple was elected to the District 6 seat in the Texas House in 1972 and served from 1973 to 1981 from Angelina, Newton, Shelby, and San Augustine counties. Representative Temple was co-sponsor of the 1973 State Code of Ethics, with financial disclosure for elected and appointed officials, an issue highlighted by the Sharpstown banking scandal.<ref name=history/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=596|title=Arthur "Buddy" Temple|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref>

In 1966, he was elected to the school board in Diboll in Angelina County, with service at the height of desegregation. In 1972, Temple was elected to the District 6 seat in the Texas House in 1972 and served from 1973 to 1981 from Angelina, Newton, Shelby, and San Augustine counties. Representative Temple was co-sponsor of the 1973 State Code of Ethics, with financial disclosure for elected and appointed officials, an issue highlighted by the Sharpstown banking scandal.<ref name=history/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=596|title=Arthur "Buddy" Temple|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

He was elected to the Railroad Commission in 1980 and was named chairman of the regulatory panel over petroleum and natural gas from 1985 to 1986.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://ckwri.tamuk.edu/who-we-are/advisors/advisory-board-members/|title=Advisory Board|publisher=ckwri.tamuk.edu|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> Temple and Texas Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong lost the gubernatorial nomination in 1982 to [[Mark White]],<ref name=history/> then the Texas attorney general, who subsequently unseated [[Republican]] Governor [[Bill Clements]].

He was elected to the Railroad Commission in 1980 and was named chairman of the regulatory panel over petroleum and natural gas from 1985 to 1986.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://ckwri.tamuk.edu/who-we-are/advisors/advisory-board-members/|title=Advisory Board|publisher=ckwri.tamuk.edu|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> Temple and Texas Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong lost the gubernatorial nomination in 1982 to [[Mark White]],<ref name=history/> then the Texas attorney general, who subsequently unseated [[Republican]] [[Governor]] [[Bill Clements]].

   

   

Temple is a member of the board of directors of Temple-Inland, Inc., the chairman of the board of First Bank & Trust, East Texas, and chairman of the board of the T. L. L. Temple Foundation. He is a past chairman of the advisory board of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute.<ref name=bio/>

Temple is a member of the board of directors of Temple-Inland, Inc., the chairman of the board of First Bank & Trust, East Texas, and chairman of the board of the T. L. L. Temple Foundation. He is a past chairman of the advisory board of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute.<ref name=bio/>

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