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'''E L Short''' (October 2, 1925 – June 24, 2015) was a farmer, rancher, and [[business]]man from Tahoka in Lynn County, [[[Texas]], who was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature between 1969 and 1983.<ref name=shortdies/>
'''E L Short''' (October 2, 1925 – June 24, 2015) was a farmer, rancher, and [[business]]man from Tahoka in Lynn County, [[Texas]], who was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature between 1969 and 1983.<ref name=shortdies/>
==Background==
==Background==
In 1947, Short wed the former Ernestine "Dink" Fortenberry (born January 27, 1929), a native of Dawson County, Texas. There are four Short daughters, Vivian Bruns of Sierra Vista, [[Arizona]], Patti Kilpatrick of Brownwood in Brown County, Texas, Robin Taylor of Brownfield in Terry County, Texas, and Leah Taylor of Tahoka. Except as in-laws, the husbands of Robin and Leah Taylor are otherwise unrelated. Short is [[United Methodist]].<ref name=short/> He died in Tahoka on June 24, 2015.<ref name=shortdies>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=el-short&pid=175163078&fhid=19534|title=Former South Plains state lawmaker Short remembered as strong voice for West Texas|author=Adam D. Young|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 26, 2015|accessdate=June 28, 2015}}</ref>
In 1947, Short wed the former Ernestine "Dink" Fortenberry (born January 27, 1929), a native of Dawson County, Texas. There are four Short daughters, Vivian Bruns of Sierra Vista, [[Arizona]], Patti Kilpatrick of Brownwood in Brown County, Texas, Robin Taylor of Brownfield in Terry County, Texas, and Leah Taylor of Tahoka. Except as in-laws, the husbands of Robin and Leah Taylor are otherwise unrelated. Short is [[United Methodist]].<ref name=short/> He died in Tahoka on June 24, 2015.<ref name=shortdies>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=el-short&pid=175163078&fhid=19534|title=Former South Plains state lawmaker Short remembered as strong voice for West Texas|author=Adam D. Young|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 26, 2015|accessdate=June 28, 2015}}</ref>
==State representative==
==State Representative==
Short was elected to the Texas House of Representatives from then District 73 in a [[special election]] runoff contest held on August 8, 1969, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation on June 30 of Democrat Randall George Pendleton, then of Andrews. Nine candidates had entered the first round of balloting on July 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=838&leg=60&from=sessionList|title=Members of the 60th Legislature: Randy Pendleton|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=December 17, 2010}}</ref> Pendleton accepted appointment from [[Governor]] [[Preston Smith]] as the director of State and Federal Relations in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=2916|title=Randall Pendleton|publisher=cemetery.state.tx.us|accessdate=December 14, 2010}}</ref> Short held the House seat for ten years and for a time chaired the Inter-Government Affairs Committee. In 1975, he garnered statewide attention by focusing on the deadly hazards of hydrogen sulfide following an explosion of the gas in Denver City in Yoakum and Gaines counties in his district. Short endorsed an investigation by the [[Texas Railroad Commission]] and urged that residents be warned "by knocking on doors if necessary" of the imminent danger stemming from the gas. Often one dies from the second inhalation of the gas, and a warning itself may be too late.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=E+L+Short+%2B+Denver+City,+Texas&source=bl&ots=M05dsalhmx&sig=cih20fCC2wnWTqszFjUg42apDnU&hl=en&ei=ATIITfasA4H78Abc7ZBW&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=E%20L%20Short%20%2B%20Denver%20City%2C%20Texas&f=false|author=Howard Swindle|title= "The Deadly Smell of Success"|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|date=June 1975|accessdate=December 14, 2010}}</ref>
Short was elected to the Texas House of Representatives from then District 73 in a [[special election]] runoff contest held on August 8, 1969, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation on June 30 of Democrat Randall George Pendleton, then of Andrews. Nine candidates had entered the first round of balloting on July 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=838&leg=60&from=sessionList|title=Members of the 60th Legislature: Randy Pendleton|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=December 17, 2010}}</ref> Pendleton accepted appointment from [[Governor]] [[Preston Smith]] as the director of State and Federal Relations in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=2916|title=Randall Pendleton|publisher=cemetery.state.tx.us|accessdate=December 14, 2010}}</ref> Short held the House seat for ten years and for a time chaired the Inter-Government Affairs Committee. In 1975, he garnered statewide attention by focusing on the deadly hazards of hydrogen sulfide following an explosion of the gas in Denver City in Yoakum and Gaines counties in his district. Short endorsed an investigation by the [[Texas Railroad Commission]] and urged that residents be warned "by knocking on doors if necessary" of the imminent danger stemming from the gas. Often one dies from the second inhalation of the gas, and a warning itself may be too late.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=E+L+Short+%2B+Denver+City,+Texas&source=bl&ots=M05dsalhmx&sig=cih20fCC2wnWTqszFjUg42apDnU&hl=en&ei=ATIITfasA4H78Abc7ZBW&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=E%20L%20Short%20%2B%20Denver%20City%2C%20Texas&f=false|author=Howard Swindle|title= "The Deadly Smell of Success"|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|date=June 1975|accessdate=December 14, 2010}}</ref>
==State Senator==
==State Senator==