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==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 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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; a major highway in Wichita Falls is named for the family. 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>

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/>​

Cahoon was a first lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Corps of Engineers stationed at Fort Hood] in Killeen, Texas, from 1957 to 1959, at which time the young couple had a daughter, now Corrinne Cahoon Bowers and husband Steve of Austin, relocated to Midland.<ref name=obit/>​ There are two Cahoon sons, Frank Kell Cahoon, Jr., and wife Debbie of Austin and Joseph Cahoon and wife Christie of [[Dallas]].<ref name=uta>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=Paula+Powers+Cahoon&source=bl&ots=LN9LqMq21L&sig=FAS7Q-ZNNsVFRgnU7fLsmWdBg7Q&hl=en&ei=6Uh9TZeBIqLC0QGBh8TOAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Paula%20Powers%20Cahoon&f=false|title=Sue Watkins, ''The Alcade'|date=1965|publisher=books.google.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Older son Frank, Jr., is a filmmaker formerly in [[Hollywood]], known particularly for his work in the [[television]] series, ''Psych'' and ''The John Larroquette Show,'' and the film ''Battle: Los Angeles.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/660955/Kell-Cahoon|title=Kell Cahoon|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>​

Cahoon was a first lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Corps of Engineers stationed at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, from 1957 to 1959, at which time the young couple had a daughter, now Corrinne Cahoon Bowers and husband Steve of Austin, relocated to Midland.<ref name=obit/>​ There are two Cahoon sons, Frank Kell Cahoon, Jr., and wife Debbie of Austin and Joseph Cahoon and wife Christie of [[Dallas]].<ref name=uta>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=Paula+Powers+Cahoon&source=bl&ots=LN9LqMq21L&sig=FAS7Q-ZNNsVFRgnU7fLsmWdBg7Q&hl=en&ei=6Uh9TZeBIqLC0QGBh8TOAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Paula%20Powers%20Cahoon&f=false|title=Sue Watkins, ''The Alcade'|date=1965|publisher=books.google.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Older son Frank, Jr., is a filmmaker formerly in [[Hollywood]], known particularly for his work in the [[television]] series, ''Psych'' and ''The John Larroquette Show,'' and the film ''Battle: Los Angeles.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/660955/Kell-Cahoon|title=Kell Cahoon|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>​

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/>​

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==Legislative politics==

==Legislative politics==