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In addition to his Texas oil holdings, Cahoon played a role in the construction of the Kenai oil refinery, one of the first such ventures in [[Alaska]].<ref name=obit/>
In addition to his Texas oil holdings, Cahoon played a role in the construction of the Kenai oil refinery, one of the first such ventures in [[Alaska]].<ref name=obit/>
==Legislative politics==
==Legislative politics==
On November 3, 1964, Cahoon was the only Republican elected to the legislature despite the Johnson landslide. Cahoon lwas the only member of his party in the Texas House. Two Republican [[U.S. Representative]]s, Bruce Reynolds Alger of Dallas and Ed Foreman of [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]], were unseated by Democratic opponents, Earle Cabell and Richard C. White, respectively. The only Republican n a statewide office at the time was Senator [[John Tower]], of Wichita Falls and later Dallas, whose seat was not contested that year. Tower's first wife, Lou Bullington Tower (1920–2001), coincidentally, was a cousin of Orville Bullington, Cahoon's uncle by marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/tower/tower01.pdf|title=Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Oral History Collection, 1971|publisher=lbjlib.utexas.edu|accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref>
On November 3, 1964, Cahoon was the only Republican elected to the legislature despite the Johnson landslide. Cahoon lwas the only member of his party in the Texas House. Two Republican [[U.S. Representative]]s, Bruce Reynolds Alger of Dallas and Ed Foreman of [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]], were unseated by Democratic opponents, Earle Cabell and Richard C. White, respectively. The only Republican n a statewide office at the time was Senator [[John Tower]], of Wichita Falls and later Dallas, whose seat was not contested that year. Tower's first wife, Lou Bullington Tower (1920–2001), coincidentally, was a cousin of Orville Bullington, Cahoon's uncle by marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/tower/tower01.pdf|title=Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Oral History Collection, 1971|publisher=lbjlib.utexas.edu|accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref>