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'''Frank Kell Cahoon, Sr.''' (June 20, 1934 – January 30, 2013),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.npwelch.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=56390&locid=1|title=Frank Kell Cahoon (1934–2013)|publisher=Npwelch.com|accessdate=April 10, 2013}}</ref> was an [[oil]]man and [[natural gas]] entrepreneur from [[Midland]], [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mm465n0/frank-cahoon|title=Frank Cahoon|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powerprofiles.com/profile/0000027645662/FRANK+CAHOON+KELL-MIDLAND-TX|title=Frank Kell Cahoon|publisher=powerprofiles.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> who was the only [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Texas House of Representatives in the regular 1965 legislative session following [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s landslide over [[Barry Goldwater]] in the 1964 presidential election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasweekly.com/newsletter/tw19991206.html|title="Testing the Teflon", December 6, 1999|publisher=texasweekly.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon served two terms in the legislature from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=792&leg=60&from=sessionList|title=Frank Cahoon|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
'''Frank Kell Cahoon, Sr.''' (June 20, 1934 – January 30, 2013),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.npwelch.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=56390&locid=1|title=Frank Kell Cahoon (1934–2013)|publisher=Npwelch.com|accessdate=April 10, 2013}}</ref> was an [[oil]]man and [[natural gas]] entrepreneur from [[Midland]], [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mm465n0/frank-cahoon|title=Frank Cahoon|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powerprofiles.com/profile/0000027645662/FRANK+CAHOON+KELL-MIDLAND-TX|title=Frank Kell Cahoon|publisher=powerprofiles.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> who was the only [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Texas House of Representatives in the regular 1965 legislative session following [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s landslide over [[Barry Goldwater]] in the 1964 presidential election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasweekly.com/newsletter/tw19991206.html|title="Testing the Teflon", December 6, 1999|publisher=texasweekly.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon served two terms in the legislature from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=792&leg=60&from=sessionList|title=Frank Cahoon|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Cahoon was born in [[Wichita Falls]] to Charles Wilbur Cahoon, Jr. (1897–1979), and the former Sibyl Kell (1899–1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index |publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wichita-heritage.org/Newsletter/P%2063413%20WCHS%20Nsltr%20Fall%202009%20Booked.pdf|title=''Heritage Review'', 2009|publisher=wichita-heritage.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> His maternal grandfather and namesake, [[Frank Kell]] (December 2, 1859 – September 17, 1941), a native of Clifton in Bosque County in central Texas, was a diversified businessman and the owner or partner of six regional [[railroad]]s totaling 1,300 miles of track. Cahoon's father was a partner in one of the Kell railroads, the Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas, which serviced part of the Texas Panhandle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqc13|title=Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref> Frank Kell also owned the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company, which he sold in 1928 to General Mills for cash and stock in the latter company. The senior Kell was a director of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of [[Dallas]] and a leading entrepreneur and philanthropist in Wichita Falls. In 1885, Frank Kell married the former Lula Kemp. He and his brother-in-law, Joseph A. Kemp, are considered the two principal builders of modern Wichita Falls. Kell and Kemp are names of major streets in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke07|title=Kell, Frank|publisher=''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon's parents and maternal grandparents are interred at Riverview Cemetery in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Cahoon&GSiman=1&GSst=46&|title=Grave Search Results|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
Cahoon was born in [[Wichita Falls]] to Charles Wilbur Cahoon, Jr. (1897–1979), and the former Sibyl Kell (1899–1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index |publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wichita-heritage.org/Newsletter/P%2063413%20WCHS%20Nsltr%20Fall%202009%20Booked.pdf|title=''Heritage Review'', 2009|publisher=wichita-heritage.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> His maternal grandfather and namesake, [[Frank Kell]] (December 2, 1859 – September 17, 1941), a native of Clifton in Bosque County in central Texas, was a diversified businessman and the owner or partner of six regional [[railroad]]s totaling 1,300 miles of track. Cahoon's father was a partner in one of the Kell railroads, the Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas, which serviced part of the Texas Panhandle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqc13|title=Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref> Frank Kell also owned the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company, which he sold in 1928 to General Mills for cash and stock in the latter company. The senior Kell was a director of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of [[Dallas]] and a leading entrepreneur and philanthropist in Wichita Falls. In 1885, Frank Kell married the former Lula Kemp. He and his brother-in-law, Joseph A. Kemp, are considered the two principal builders of modern Wichita Falls. Kell and Kemp are names of major streets in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke07|title=Kell, Frank|publisher=''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon's parents and maternal grandparents are interred at Riverview Cemetery in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Cahoon&GSiman=1&GSst=46&|title=Grave Search Results|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
Cahoon was a nephew by marriage of the Wichita Falls attorney [[Orville Bullington]], the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee in 1932, having lost to the Democrat Miriam Wallace Ferguson in her second nonconsecutive bid for the office. A son-in-law of Frank Kell, Bullington<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbu18|title=''The Handbook of Texas'' on-line: Orville Bullington|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref> was married until his death to Cahoon's aunt, the former Sadie Kell (1886–1960).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Sadie+Kell_Bullington&event=_wichita+falls-wichita-texas-usa_78666|title=Sadie Kell Bullington|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>
Cahoon was a nephew by marriage of the Wichita Falls attorney [[Orville Bullington]], the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee in 1932, having lost to the Democrat Miriam Wallace Ferguson in her second nonconsecutive bid for the office. A son-in-law of Frank Kell, Bullington<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbu18|title=''The Handbook of Texas'' on-line: Orville Bullington|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref> was married until his death to Cahoon's aunt, the former Sadie Kell (1886–1960).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Sadie+Kell_Bullington&event=_wichita+falls-wichita-texas-usa_78666|title=Sadie Kell Bullington|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>
Frank Kell Cahoon lost his namesake grandfather when the boy was only seven years of age. Cahoon graduated in 1952 from Wichita Falls High School] along with another future legislator, Democratic state Senator [[Ray Farabee]] of Wichita Falls. Coincidentally, Cahoon, Farabee, and their wives had a chance meeting in 2006 on a cruise ship in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2007/nov/03/a-man-called-fairabee-getting-started-making-an/|title="A Man Called 'Fairbee': Former Wichita Falls lawyer, legislator known as man of respect"|date=November 3, 2007|publisher=''Wichita Falls Times Record News''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
Frank Kell Cahoon lost his namesake grandfather when the boy was only seven years of age. Cahoon graduated in 1952 from Wichita Falls High School along with another future legislator, Democratic state Senator [[Ray Farabee]] of Wichita Falls. Coincidentally, Cahoon, Farabee, and their wives had a chance meeting in 2006 on a cruise ship in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2007/nov/03/a-man-called-fairabee-getting-started-making-an/|title="A Man Called 'Fairbee': Former Wichita Falls lawyer, legislator known as man of respect"|date=November 3, 2007|publisher=''Wichita Falls Times Record News''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>
Cahoon and his wife, the former Paula Powers (born November 11, 1935), both graduated in 1957 from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. His degree was in [[geology]]. Cahoon originally attended the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, [[Colorado]], but he transferred after his freshman year to UT in Austin. He met Paula, who was enrolling at UT at that time, in [[Abilene]].<ref name=obit/>
Cahoon and his wife, the former Paula Powers (born November 11, 1935), both graduated in 1957 from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. His degree was in [[geology]]. Cahoon originally attended the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, [[Colorado]], but he transferred after his freshman year to UT in Austin. He met Paula, who was enrolling at UT at that time, in [[Abilene]].<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/>
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]], then 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]], then 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>
When the incumbent Republican Representative William S. Davis decided not to run again in 1964,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/membersearch.cfm|title=Legislative Reference Library of Texas: William S. Davis|publisher=Lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 16, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon was asked by party leaders to recruit a candidate. Ultimately, the Midland County GOP leadership urged Cahoon himself to run for the seat. Cahoon won the seat by a margin of 1,500 votes over his Democratic opponent. His legislative desk was placed in the middle of the House floor.<ref name=uta/> Cahoon served from District 77 in his first term and District 70 in the 1967–1969 session. The district is now No. 82. Cahoon was a member of the House Labor, Public Health, and Revenue and Taxation committees in both of his terms.<ref name=legis/>
When the incumbent Republican Representative William S. Davis decided not to run again in 1964,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/membersearch.cfm|title=Legislative Reference Library of Texas: William S. Davis|publisher=Lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 16, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon was asked by party leaders to recruit a candidate. Ultimately, the Midland County GOP leadership urged Cahoon himself to run for the seat. Cahoon won the seat by a margin of 1,500 votes over his Democratic opponent. His legislative desk was placed in the middle of the House floor.<ref name=uta/> Cahoon served from District 77 in his first term and District 70 in the 1967–1969 session. The district is now No. 82. Cahoon was a member of the House Labor, Public Health, and Revenue and Taxation committees in both of his terms.<ref name=legis/>
In 1972, Cahoon and his legislative successor, [[Tom Craddick]], another Midland energy entrepreneur, encouraged their fellow oilman, [[Ernest Angelo, Jr.]], to seek the office of mayor of Midland. Incumbent Edwin H. Magruder, Jr., who had an impressive [[World War II]] record, did not seek a third two-year term that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_c89eb33c-102c-5ec1-a0ce-639df8965b95.html#user-comment-area|author=Shanna Sissom|title=Magruder led a charmed life in peace and war|date=January 12, 2011|publisher=Mywesttexas.com|accessdate=March 8, 2011}}</ref> Craddick believed that the leading candidate for mayor, Mayor Pro Tem [[Pat M. Baskin]], a former chairman of the Midland County Democratic Executive Committee, would use the office to try to derail Craddick’s bid for a third term in the state House in the 1972 [[general election]]. Angelo agreed to run for mayor if Cahoon would seek one of the at-large city council seats. The deal was struck, and both Angelo and Cahoon ran and won.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "Mayor Ernest Angelo, Jr., of Midland and the 96-0 Reagan Sweep of Texas, May 1, 1976," ''West Texas Historical Association Yearbook'' Vol. 86 (2010), p. 83.</ref>
In 1972, Cahoon and his legislative successor, [[Tom Craddick]], another Midland energy entrepreneur, encouraged their fellow oilman, [[Ernest Angelo, Jr.]], to seek the office of mayor of Midland. Incumbent Edwin H. Magruder, Jr., who had an impressive [[World War II]] record, did not seek a third two-year term that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_c89eb33c-102c-5ec1-a0ce-639df8965b95.html#user-comment-area|author=Shanna Sissom|title=Magruder led a charmed life in peace and war|date=January 12, 2011|publisher=Mywesttexas.com|accessdate=March 8, 2011}}</ref> Craddick believed that the leading candidate for mayor, Mayor Pro Tem [[Pat M. Baskin]], a former chairman of the Midland County Democratic Executive Committee, would use the office to try to derail Craddick's bid for a third term in the state House in the 1972 [[general election]]. Angelo agreed to run for mayor if Cahoon would seek one of the at-large city council seats. The deal was struck, and both Angelo and Cahoon ran and won.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "Mayor Ernest Angelo, Jr., of Midland and the 96-0 Reagan Sweep of Texas, May 1, 1976," ''West Texas Historical Association Yearbook'' Vol. 86 (2010), p. 83.</ref>
==Civic matters==
==Civic matters==
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