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{{Infobox officeholder
| name= David McAdams Sibley, Sr.
|office=[[Texas]] State Senator for District 22 (Bosque, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Hill, Hood, Johnson, McLennan, Tarrant, Navarro,and Somervell counties)
| term_start =1991 (in District 9, which became District 22 in 1994))
| term_end =2002
| preceded =Chet Edwards
| succeeded=Kip Averitt
| party = [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| office2=[[Mayor]] of [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas
| term_start2=1987
| term_end2=1988
| preceded2=LaNelle McNamara
| succeeded2=R.D. Pattillo
| office3=Member, Waco City Council
| term_start3=1984
| term_end3=1987
| preceded3=Gary Cook
| succeeded3=Jay Larsen
| birth_date=c. 1948
| birth_place =[[ San Antonio]], Texas
| spouse = Pamela Patterson Sibley (married 1970)
| children=Rachel Sibley Reid<br>
David McAdams Sibley, Jr.<br>
Jonathan Sibley
| parents= J. Dale Sibley<br>
[[Marilyn McAdams Sibley]]
| residence=[[Austin]], Texas
| alma_mater=[[Baylor University]]<br>
Baylor College of Dentistry
Baylor University Law School
| profession=[[Dentist]]-turned- [[Attorney]] and [[Lobbyist]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
}}
'''David McAdams Sibley Sr.''' (born 1948) is a [[lobbyist]] and [[attorney]] in [[Austin]], [[Texas]], who previously practiced dentistry in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he held the District 22 seat in the Texas State Senate. Previously, he was from 1987 to 1988 the [[mayor]] of Waco, then an unelected and still a [[nonpartisan]] position, as are all elected municipal offices in Texas.
On June 22, 2010, Sibley unsuccessfully sought to return to the state Senate but lost a [[special election]] runoff to fellow Republican [[Brian Birdwell]] of Granbury in Hood County, whose [[conservative]] positions contrasted with Sibley's [[Moderate Republican]] tendencies.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Special election returns, Senate District 22, June 22, 2010.</ref> The seat became vacant when Republican Kip Averitt, a former aide to Sibley, resigned because of health issues.
Sibley's opponents disclosed in 2010 that as a lobbyist he had contributed to two [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] lawmakers, state Senator Leticia Van de Putte of Sibley's native [[San Antonio]] and state Representative Jim Dunnam]of Waco. Dunnam in the spring of 2003 led Democratic lawmakers on a sojourn to Ardmore, [[Oklahoma]], in an ultimately failed bid to deny a legislative [[quorum]] as the lawmakers [[redistricting|redistricted]] the thirty-two seats that Texas then had in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Otherwise, it was noted that 97 percent of Sibley's contributions had gone to his fellow Republicans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empowertexans.com/node/1285|title=David Sibley: Dances with Democrats?|publisher=empowertexans.com|accessdate=September 25, 2010}}</ref>
Sibley carried the backing in the 2010 election of former [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]], who had earlier befriended Birdwell, a burn victim of the [[terrorist]] attack on [[The Pentagon]] on [[September 11, 2001]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facethefire.org/|title=Welcome, Face the Fire Ministries|publisher=facethefire.org|accessdate=September 21, 2010}}</ref> Bush's ranch in Crawford was located within the senatorial district. Birdwell, who carried the support of the [[Tea Party movement]], was unopposed for the seat in the November 2, 2010, general election.
==Background==
Sibley was born to J. Dale Sibley and the former [[Marilyn McAdams Sibley|Marilyn McAdams]], a native of Walker County who was an author of eight books and a [[historian]] at Houston Baptist University in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The couple later returned and retired to Huntsville, the seat of government for Walker County. David Sibley is the oldest of their three sons; his brothers, both dentists, are Dr. Stuart Dale Sibley and Dr. Mark McAdams Sibley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itemonline.com/obituaries/x212525826/Dr-Marilyn-McAdams-Sibley/print|title=Obituary of Dr. Marilyn McAdams Sibley|publisher=''Huntsville Item''|date=January 19, 2006|accessdate=June 3, 2020}}</ref>
Sibley is a 1970 graduate of [[Baptist]]-affiliated [[Baylor University]] in Waco, where he was the captain of the [[basketball]] team and was named "Honorable mention" All-Southwest Conference. He graduated with honors from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1974 and finished a four-year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in [[Dallas]]. Originally a board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, he was sidelined by a ruptured disc and switched professions. He attended Baylor University Law School in Waco, from which he graduated in 1989, was admitted to the bar, and then worked as a criminal prosecutor for the McLennan County, district attorney.<ref name=cook/>
Prior to his state Senate service, Sibloey was the mayor of Waco from 1987 to 1988, then an appointed position. He was the District III city council member from 1984 until he became mayor for a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waco-texas.com/pdf/council/city-officials-history.pdf|title=City of Waco, Texas, Mayor and Council since 1895|publisher=waco-texas.com|accessdate=September 19, 2010}}</ref> As a senator, he was recognized three times by ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]] as among the "Top 10" legislators.<ref name=cook>{{cite web|url=http://sibleyforsenate.com/state-rep-byron-cook-endorses-david-sibley|title=State Rep. Byron Cook Endorsed David Sibley for May 8 State Senate Special Election|publisher=sibleyforsenate.com|accessdate=September 19, 2010}}</ref>
==Senatorial service==
Former state Representative Byron Cook, a Moderate Republican from Corsicana in Navarro County located within Senate District 22, endorsed Sibley's unsuccessful effort to return to the Senate in 2010. Cook described Sibley as having been "a workhorse" who spearheaded many of Governor Bush's "conservative reforms including tax cuts, economic development initiatives, tougher criminal penalties, and patient rights insurance reform."<ref name=cook/>
Sibley was initially elected to the state Senate in a special election in 1991 from District 9, when incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]], where he served in a Waco-based district. On November 2, 2010, Edwards was defeated by Republican [[Bill Flores]] of [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. In 1994, the McLennan County portion of District 9 was moved into District 22 because of extensive redistricting.
As a senator, Sibley chaired the Business and Commerce Committee for four sessions. He carried bills to deregulate the telephone and electric industries. Late in 2000, he lost the Senate vote for lieutenant governor by a single ballot, 16-15.<ref name=stutz>{{cite web|url=http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/03/david-sibley-wants-to-come-bac.html|author=Terrence Stutz|title=David Sibley wants to come back to Senate|date=March 17, 2010|publisher=''The Dallas Morning News|accessdate=September 19, 2010}}</ref> The vacancy was created when [[Rick Perry]] resigned to become governor upon the election of George W. Bush as president. Instead the position went to another Moderate Republican and a former Democrat, Bill Ratliff of Mt. Pleasant, in East Texas, who finished the remaining two years but did not seek a full term in 2002. Another Republican, Senator [[J. E. "Buster" Brown]] of Lake Jackson, had also sought the position before the final vote.<ref name=Stutz/>
Sibley, Ratliff, and Teel Bivins of [[Amarillo]] had formed something of a Texas senate triumvirate, known as the College of Cardinals, during the 1990s to make the institution supposedly to function more smoothly. A Dallas blogger described Sibley's 2010 special election defeat as "unthinkable. He was one of the most talented, smart, and respected legislators.<ref name=unthinkable>{{cite web|url=http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/06/david-sibleys-u.html|title=David Sibley's unthinkable loss|date=June 23, 2010|publisher=dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com|accessdate=September 20, 2010}}</ref>
In the March 2, 2010 Republican primary, Averitt won renomination to the Senate despite his announced intention to withdraw from the contest after the deadline had passed. Birdwell won the special election as well as a lawsuit challenging his residency. Birdwell's Democrat opponent withdrew from the contest.<ref name=stutz/>
==Personal life==
Sibley and his wife, the former Pamela Patterson (born ca. 1948), married in 1970. She is the daughter of Jack Patterson, a former track coach at Baylor and the University of Texas and athletic director at Baylor from 1970 to 1980. The couple has a daughter, Rachel Sibley Reid of Waco, and two sons, David McAdams "Adam" Sibley Jr. (born 1977), and Jonathan Sibley (born 1980). "Adam" Sibley was s elected without opposition as the Criminal District Attorney of the three-county 220th judicial district that includes Bosque, Hamilton and Comanche counties, A former assistant DA, he resides in Clifton.
Jonathan Sibley is a criminal defense attorney in Waco.<ref name=cook/> In 2008, he ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the District 56 seat in the Texas House of Representatives against the incumbent Charles "Doc" Anderson.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican Primary Election Returns, March 4, 2008.</ref> The younger Sibley first said that he would if nominated and elected support conservative Republican [[Speaker]] [[Tom Craddick]] of [[Midland]] in the 2009 race for presiding officer. Sibley then declared his opposition to Craddick after Craddick directed large sums of money to Anderson, a staunch Craddick ally. Nevertheless in 2009, Craddick was unseated by Moderate Republican [[Joe Straus]] of San Antonio, who has since left the state House. Craddick, however, is still the senior member of the state House, with service dating to 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/08//24//0824sibley.html|title=Jonathan Sibley Says Race Is Not About House Speaker Politics|date=August 24, 2007|publisher=''The Austin American-Statesman|accessdate=September 25, 2010}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sibley, David}}
[[CategoryTexas]]
[[Category:Basketball]]
[[Category:Dentists]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Lobbyists]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
| name= David McAdams Sibley, Sr.
|office=[[Texas]] State Senator for District 22 (Bosque, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Hill, Hood, Johnson, McLennan, Tarrant, Navarro,and Somervell counties)
| term_start =1991 (in District 9, which became District 22 in 1994))
| term_end =2002
| preceded =Chet Edwards
| succeeded=Kip Averitt
| party = [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| office2=[[Mayor]] of [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas
| term_start2=1987
| term_end2=1988
| preceded2=LaNelle McNamara
| succeeded2=R.D. Pattillo
| office3=Member, Waco City Council
| term_start3=1984
| term_end3=1987
| preceded3=Gary Cook
| succeeded3=Jay Larsen
| birth_date=c. 1948
| birth_place =[[ San Antonio]], Texas
| spouse = Pamela Patterson Sibley (married 1970)
| children=Rachel Sibley Reid<br>
David McAdams Sibley, Jr.<br>
Jonathan Sibley
| parents= J. Dale Sibley<br>
[[Marilyn McAdams Sibley]]
| residence=[[Austin]], Texas
| alma_mater=[[Baylor University]]<br>
Baylor College of Dentistry
Baylor University Law School
| profession=[[Dentist]]-turned- [[Attorney]] and [[Lobbyist]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
}}
'''David McAdams Sibley Sr.''' (born 1948) is a [[lobbyist]] and [[attorney]] in [[Austin]], [[Texas]], who previously practiced dentistry in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he held the District 22 seat in the Texas State Senate. Previously, he was from 1987 to 1988 the [[mayor]] of Waco, then an unelected and still a [[nonpartisan]] position, as are all elected municipal offices in Texas.
On June 22, 2010, Sibley unsuccessfully sought to return to the state Senate but lost a [[special election]] runoff to fellow Republican [[Brian Birdwell]] of Granbury in Hood County, whose [[conservative]] positions contrasted with Sibley's [[Moderate Republican]] tendencies.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Special election returns, Senate District 22, June 22, 2010.</ref> The seat became vacant when Republican Kip Averitt, a former aide to Sibley, resigned because of health issues.
Sibley's opponents disclosed in 2010 that as a lobbyist he had contributed to two [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] lawmakers, state Senator Leticia Van de Putte of Sibley's native [[San Antonio]] and state Representative Jim Dunnam]of Waco. Dunnam in the spring of 2003 led Democratic lawmakers on a sojourn to Ardmore, [[Oklahoma]], in an ultimately failed bid to deny a legislative [[quorum]] as the lawmakers [[redistricting|redistricted]] the thirty-two seats that Texas then had in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Otherwise, it was noted that 97 percent of Sibley's contributions had gone to his fellow Republicans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empowertexans.com/node/1285|title=David Sibley: Dances with Democrats?|publisher=empowertexans.com|accessdate=September 25, 2010}}</ref>
Sibley carried the backing in the 2010 election of former [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]], who had earlier befriended Birdwell, a burn victim of the [[terrorist]] attack on [[The Pentagon]] on [[September 11, 2001]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facethefire.org/|title=Welcome, Face the Fire Ministries|publisher=facethefire.org|accessdate=September 21, 2010}}</ref> Bush's ranch in Crawford was located within the senatorial district. Birdwell, who carried the support of the [[Tea Party movement]], was unopposed for the seat in the November 2, 2010, general election.
==Background==
Sibley was born to J. Dale Sibley and the former [[Marilyn McAdams Sibley|Marilyn McAdams]], a native of Walker County who was an author of eight books and a [[historian]] at Houston Baptist University in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The couple later returned and retired to Huntsville, the seat of government for Walker County. David Sibley is the oldest of their three sons; his brothers, both dentists, are Dr. Stuart Dale Sibley and Dr. Mark McAdams Sibley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itemonline.com/obituaries/x212525826/Dr-Marilyn-McAdams-Sibley/print|title=Obituary of Dr. Marilyn McAdams Sibley|publisher=''Huntsville Item''|date=January 19, 2006|accessdate=June 3, 2020}}</ref>
Sibley is a 1970 graduate of [[Baptist]]-affiliated [[Baylor University]] in Waco, where he was the captain of the [[basketball]] team and was named "Honorable mention" All-Southwest Conference. He graduated with honors from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1974 and finished a four-year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in [[Dallas]]. Originally a board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, he was sidelined by a ruptured disc and switched professions. He attended Baylor University Law School in Waco, from which he graduated in 1989, was admitted to the bar, and then worked as a criminal prosecutor for the McLennan County, district attorney.<ref name=cook/>
Prior to his state Senate service, Sibloey was the mayor of Waco from 1987 to 1988, then an appointed position. He was the District III city council member from 1984 until he became mayor for a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waco-texas.com/pdf/council/city-officials-history.pdf|title=City of Waco, Texas, Mayor and Council since 1895|publisher=waco-texas.com|accessdate=September 19, 2010}}</ref> As a senator, he was recognized three times by ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]] as among the "Top 10" legislators.<ref name=cook>{{cite web|url=http://sibleyforsenate.com/state-rep-byron-cook-endorses-david-sibley|title=State Rep. Byron Cook Endorsed David Sibley for May 8 State Senate Special Election|publisher=sibleyforsenate.com|accessdate=September 19, 2010}}</ref>
==Senatorial service==
Former state Representative Byron Cook, a Moderate Republican from Corsicana in Navarro County located within Senate District 22, endorsed Sibley's unsuccessful effort to return to the Senate in 2010. Cook described Sibley as having been "a workhorse" who spearheaded many of Governor Bush's "conservative reforms including tax cuts, economic development initiatives, tougher criminal penalties, and patient rights insurance reform."<ref name=cook/>
Sibley was initially elected to the state Senate in a special election in 1991 from District 9, when incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]], where he served in a Waco-based district. On November 2, 2010, Edwards was defeated by Republican [[Bill Flores]] of [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. In 1994, the McLennan County portion of District 9 was moved into District 22 because of extensive redistricting.
As a senator, Sibley chaired the Business and Commerce Committee for four sessions. He carried bills to deregulate the telephone and electric industries. Late in 2000, he lost the Senate vote for lieutenant governor by a single ballot, 16-15.<ref name=stutz>{{cite web|url=http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/03/david-sibley-wants-to-come-bac.html|author=Terrence Stutz|title=David Sibley wants to come back to Senate|date=March 17, 2010|publisher=''The Dallas Morning News|accessdate=September 19, 2010}}</ref> The vacancy was created when [[Rick Perry]] resigned to become governor upon the election of George W. Bush as president. Instead the position went to another Moderate Republican and a former Democrat, Bill Ratliff of Mt. Pleasant, in East Texas, who finished the remaining two years but did not seek a full term in 2002. Another Republican, Senator [[J. E. "Buster" Brown]] of Lake Jackson, had also sought the position before the final vote.<ref name=Stutz/>
Sibley, Ratliff, and Teel Bivins of [[Amarillo]] had formed something of a Texas senate triumvirate, known as the College of Cardinals, during the 1990s to make the institution supposedly to function more smoothly. A Dallas blogger described Sibley's 2010 special election defeat as "unthinkable. He was one of the most talented, smart, and respected legislators.<ref name=unthinkable>{{cite web|url=http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/06/david-sibleys-u.html|title=David Sibley's unthinkable loss|date=June 23, 2010|publisher=dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com|accessdate=September 20, 2010}}</ref>
In the March 2, 2010 Republican primary, Averitt won renomination to the Senate despite his announced intention to withdraw from the contest after the deadline had passed. Birdwell won the special election as well as a lawsuit challenging his residency. Birdwell's Democrat opponent withdrew from the contest.<ref name=stutz/>
==Personal life==
Sibley and his wife, the former Pamela Patterson (born ca. 1948), married in 1970. She is the daughter of Jack Patterson, a former track coach at Baylor and the University of Texas and athletic director at Baylor from 1970 to 1980. The couple has a daughter, Rachel Sibley Reid of Waco, and two sons, David McAdams "Adam" Sibley Jr. (born 1977), and Jonathan Sibley (born 1980). "Adam" Sibley was s elected without opposition as the Criminal District Attorney of the three-county 220th judicial district that includes Bosque, Hamilton and Comanche counties, A former assistant DA, he resides in Clifton.
Jonathan Sibley is a criminal defense attorney in Waco.<ref name=cook/> In 2008, he ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the District 56 seat in the Texas House of Representatives against the incumbent Charles "Doc" Anderson.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican Primary Election Returns, March 4, 2008.</ref> The younger Sibley first said that he would if nominated and elected support conservative Republican [[Speaker]] [[Tom Craddick]] of [[Midland]] in the 2009 race for presiding officer. Sibley then declared his opposition to Craddick after Craddick directed large sums of money to Anderson, a staunch Craddick ally. Nevertheless in 2009, Craddick was unseated by Moderate Republican [[Joe Straus]] of San Antonio, who has since left the state House. Craddick, however, is still the senior member of the state House, with service dating to 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/08//24//0824sibley.html|title=Jonathan Sibley Says Race Is Not About House Speaker Politics|date=August 24, 2007|publisher=''The Austin American-Statesman|accessdate=September 25, 2010}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sibley, David}}
[[CategoryTexas]]
[[Category:Basketball]]
[[Category:Dentists]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Lobbyists]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]