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{{Infobox person
|name=Roy Robert Whittenburg, Sr.<br>
(Texas businessman, publisher, and politician)
|birth_date =January 11, 1913
|birth_place = Plemons, Hutchinson County, [[Texas]], USA
|death_place =Canyon, Randall County, Texas
|death_date=December 27, 1980 (aged 67)
|resting_place=Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon, Texas
|party =[[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for the [[U.S. Senate]] (1958)
|spouse=Grace Evelyn McKee Whittenburg (married 1937–1980, his death) <br>
'''Children''':<br>
Grace Evelyn Coltrin<br>
Jewel Anne Johnston<br>
George Allen Whittenburg<br>
Louis Palma McKee Whittenburg<br>
John Burkhart Whittenburg<br>
Mary Lois Rowley<br>
Roy Whittenburg, Jr.
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]}}
'''Roy Robert Whittenburg, Sr.''' (January 11, 1913 – December 29, 1980), was a landowner, [[oil]]man, rancher, [[Bank|banker]], and [[newspaper]] [[Publish|publishe]]r from, principally, [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]], who was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee in 1958 for the [[U.S. Senate]] against the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[incumbent]], [[Ralph Yarborough]].
Yarborough handily won the match, 587,030 (74.6 percent) to Whittenburg's 185,926 (23.6 percent) at a time before the Republican Party of Texas became competitive at the congressional level.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly Press's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' Vol. 2, 6th edition ([[Washington, D.C.]]: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2010), p. 1465</ref> Whittenburg, as a Senate candidate, advocated a constitutional amendment to provide for the direct election of justices of the [[United States Supreme Court]] in accordance with the procedure employed for choosing members of the Texas Supreme Cour]; he believed the voters would choose [[conservative]] justices.<ref name=google>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|title=Big Feud at Cadillac Ranch|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121126155523/http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|archivedate=November 26, 2012|df=}}</ref>
In 1962, Whittenburg lost the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary to Jack M. Cox, then an oilfield equipment executive from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], who was in turn defeated in the [[general election]] by the then Democrat [[John B. Connally, Jr.]] Whittenburg said that he wanted to be governor to check what he called the "dictatorial powers" of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=google/>
==Background==
Whittenburg was born in the [[ghost town]] of Plemons in Hutchinson County in the [[Texas Panhandle]]. On February 14, 1937, he married the former Grace Evelyn McKee (1919–2005), a native of eastern [[New Mexico]] and the daughter of Louis Palma McKee and the former Jewel Porter.<ref name=graceobit>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/021705/obi_1283045.shtml|title=Grace Evelyn McKee Whittenburg obituary|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref> The couple had seven children: Grace Evelyn Coltrin (born 1939), Jewel Anne Johnston (born 1942), George Allen Whittenburg (born 1944), Louis Palma McKee "Mack" Whittenburg (born 1946), John Burkhart "Burk" Whittenburg (born 1948), Mary Lois Rowley (born 1955), and Roy Whittenburg, Jr. (born 1958).<ref name=graceobit/><ref name=genealogy>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/n/Kathy-Honeyman/GENE1-0024.html|title=Descendants of Alexander Archer|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref>
==Publishing==
Petroleum was discovered on Whittenburg land in the 1920s. This gave the family great wealth and the opportunity to invest in other businesses. From 1946 to 1956, Whittenburg owned the ''Borger News Herald,'' which had been founded in 1926 in Borger, the largest city in Hutchinson County. Whittenburg sold the newspaper to his brother-in-law, W. Glynn Morris, who then operated it until retiring in 1977. Morris was president of the Texas Press Association from 1968 to 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.borgernewsherald.com/content/view/17/70/|title=History of the Newspaper, May 16, 2006|publisher=borgernewsherald.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919125000/http://www.borgernewsherald.com/content/view/17/70/|archivedate=September 19, 2010|df=}}</ref>
Whittenburg's brother, Samuel Benjamin Whittenburg (1914–1992), was the publisher of the ''Amarillo Globe-Times'',<ref>''Who's Who in America, 1958–1959'' (Vol. 30), Chicago, Illinois, 1958, p. 2974.</ref> while Roy held the title of chairman of the board. By 1951, the Whittenburgs' ''Amarillo Times'' began to eclipse the older ''Globe-News'' published by Gene Howe. The Whittenburgs compelled Howe to sell them the ''Globe-News,'' and they renamed the newspaper the ''Globe-Times''. They also bought Howe's [[television]] station and two [[radio]] outlets in Amarillo, and his two newspapers in [[Lubbock]], including the surviving ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.'' Howe thereafter shot himself in the head in despair, and some in Amarillo accused the Whittenburgs of unfairly undercutting their business rival.<ref name=google/> Whittenburg demanded one-fourth of the share of profits if oil was found on leased family land, instead of the customary one-eighth royalty share.<ref name=google/>
==Death==
The Whittenburgs are interred at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon in Randall County, where Roy Whittenburg resided at the time of his death at the age of sixty-seven. He and his wife were [[Presbyterian]]s.<ref name=genealogy/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{{DEFAULTSORT:Whittenburg, Roy}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Newspapers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Presbyterians]]
{{Infobox person
|name=Roy Robert Whittenburg, Sr.<br>
(Texas businessman, publisher, and politician)
|birth_date =January 11, 1913
|birth_place = Plemons, Hutchinson County, [[Texas]], USA
|death_place =Canyon, Randall County, Texas
|death_date=December 27, 1980 (aged 67)
|resting_place=Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon, Texas
|party =[[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for the [[U.S. Senate]] (1958)
|spouse=Grace Evelyn McKee Whittenburg (married 1937–1980, his death) <br>
'''Children''':<br>
Grace Evelyn Coltrin<br>
Jewel Anne Johnston<br>
George Allen Whittenburg<br>
Louis Palma McKee Whittenburg<br>
John Burkhart Whittenburg<br>
Mary Lois Rowley<br>
Roy Whittenburg, Jr.
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]}}
'''Roy Robert Whittenburg, Sr.''' (January 11, 1913 – December 29, 1980), was a landowner, [[oil]]man, rancher, [[Bank|banker]], and [[newspaper]] [[Publish|publishe]]r from, principally, [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]], who was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee in 1958 for the [[U.S. Senate]] against the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[incumbent]], [[Ralph Yarborough]].
Yarborough handily won the match, 587,030 (74.6 percent) to Whittenburg's 185,926 (23.6 percent) at a time before the Republican Party of Texas became competitive at the congressional level.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly Press's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' Vol. 2, 6th edition ([[Washington, D.C.]]: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2010), p. 1465</ref> Whittenburg, as a Senate candidate, advocated a constitutional amendment to provide for the direct election of justices of the [[United States Supreme Court]] in accordance with the procedure employed for choosing members of the Texas Supreme Cour]; he believed the voters would choose [[conservative]] justices.<ref name=google>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|title=Big Feud at Cadillac Ranch|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121126155523/http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|archivedate=November 26, 2012|df=}}</ref>
In 1962, Whittenburg lost the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary to Jack M. Cox, then an oilfield equipment executive from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], who was in turn defeated in the [[general election]] by the then Democrat [[John B. Connally, Jr.]] Whittenburg said that he wanted to be governor to check what he called the "dictatorial powers" of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=google/>
==Background==
Whittenburg was born in the [[ghost town]] of Plemons in Hutchinson County in the [[Texas Panhandle]]. On February 14, 1937, he married the former Grace Evelyn McKee (1919–2005), a native of eastern [[New Mexico]] and the daughter of Louis Palma McKee and the former Jewel Porter.<ref name=graceobit>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/021705/obi_1283045.shtml|title=Grace Evelyn McKee Whittenburg obituary|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref> The couple had seven children: Grace Evelyn Coltrin (born 1939), Jewel Anne Johnston (born 1942), George Allen Whittenburg (born 1944), Louis Palma McKee "Mack" Whittenburg (born 1946), John Burkhart "Burk" Whittenburg (born 1948), Mary Lois Rowley (born 1955), and Roy Whittenburg, Jr. (born 1958).<ref name=graceobit/><ref name=genealogy>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/n/Kathy-Honeyman/GENE1-0024.html|title=Descendants of Alexander Archer|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref>
==Publishing==
Petroleum was discovered on Whittenburg land in the 1920s. This gave the family great wealth and the opportunity to invest in other businesses. From 1946 to 1956, Whittenburg owned the ''Borger News Herald,'' which had been founded in 1926 in Borger, the largest city in Hutchinson County. Whittenburg sold the newspaper to his brother-in-law, W. Glynn Morris, who then operated it until retiring in 1977. Morris was president of the Texas Press Association from 1968 to 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.borgernewsherald.com/content/view/17/70/|title=History of the Newspaper, May 16, 2006|publisher=borgernewsherald.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919125000/http://www.borgernewsherald.com/content/view/17/70/|archivedate=September 19, 2010|df=}}</ref>
Whittenburg's brother, Samuel Benjamin Whittenburg (1914–1992), was the publisher of the ''Amarillo Globe-Times'',<ref>''Who's Who in America, 1958–1959'' (Vol. 30), Chicago, Illinois, 1958, p. 2974.</ref> while Roy held the title of chairman of the board. By 1951, the Whittenburgs' ''Amarillo Times'' began to eclipse the older ''Globe-News'' published by Gene Howe. The Whittenburgs compelled Howe to sell them the ''Globe-News,'' and they renamed the newspaper the ''Globe-Times''. They also bought Howe's [[television]] station and two [[radio]] outlets in Amarillo, and his two newspapers in [[Lubbock]], including the surviving ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.'' Howe thereafter shot himself in the head in despair, and some in Amarillo accused the Whittenburgs of unfairly undercutting their business rival.<ref name=google/> Whittenburg demanded one-fourth of the share of profits if oil was found on leased family land, instead of the customary one-eighth royalty share.<ref name=google/>
==Death==
The Whittenburgs are interred at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon in Randall County, where Roy Whittenburg resided at the time of his death at the age of sixty-seven. He and his wife were [[Presbyterian]]s.<ref name=genealogy/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{{DEFAULTSORT:Whittenburg, Roy}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Newspapers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Presbyterians]]