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|religion=Church of Christ, Scientist
|religion=Church of Christ, Scientist
|spouse=Minnie Hirsh Mayer (married 1926-1963, his death)
|spouse=Minnie Hirsh Mayer (married 1926-1963, his death)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]] political activist
}}
}}
'''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.
'''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.