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'''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]], a leading figure among [[liberal]]s in his state.
'''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]], a leading figure among [[liberal]]s in the state.
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> As a Senate candidate, Whittenburg advocated passage of 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 Court; 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>
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> As a Senate candidate, Whittenburg advocated passage of 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 Court; 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>