| | In 1952, Fay began precinct level work for the Republican Party of Texas. He supported Eisenhower,<ref name=bio/> a native Texan, having been born in Denison in 1890. Eisenhower was only the second [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] nominee since [[Reconstruction]] to have won the [[electoral vote]]s of Texas. | | In 1952, Fay began precinct level work for the Republican Party of Texas. He supported Eisenhower,<ref name=bio/> a native Texan, having been born in Denison in 1890. Eisenhower was only the second [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] nominee since [[Reconstruction]] to have won the [[electoral vote]]s of Texas. |
| − | By 1960, Fay had become Republican national committeeman and an automatic member of the [[Republican National Committee]]. At the[1964 [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], Fay served on the Credentials Committee.<ref>[[Jack Crichton]], ''The Republican-Democrat Political Campaigns in Texas in 1964,'' self-published, 2004, p. 24.</ref> In 1969, Fay lost his national committeeman's position about the time that the [[attorney]] William Merritt Steger (1920-2004) was elected state party chairman to succeed Peter O'Donnell of [[Dallas]]. Steger had been the unsuccessful Republican [[governor|gubernatorial]] candidate in 1960 and was later a long-serving U.S. District Court [[judge]] based in [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] in Smith County in east Texas. | + | By 1960, Fay had become Republican national committeeman and an automatic member of the [[Republican National Committee]]. At the 1964 [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], Fay served on the Credentials Committee.<ref>[[Jack Crichton]], ''The Republican-Democrat Political Campaigns in Texas in 1964,'' self-published, 2004, p. 24.</ref> In 1969, Fay lost his national committeeman's position about the time that the [[attorney]] William Merritt Steger (1920-2004) was elected state party chairman to succeed Peter O'Donnell of [[Dallas]]. Steger had been the unsuccessful Republican [[governor|gubernatorial]] candidate in 1960 and was later a long-serving U.S. District Court [[judge]] based in [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] in Smith County in east Texas. |