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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Marshall Clinton Formby, Jr.
| name=Marshall Clinton "Potts" Formby, Jr.
| image=Marshall Formby of TX.jpg
| office=[[Texas]] State Senator for now District 30 (Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, and Yoakum counties)
| office=[[Texas]] State Senator for now District 30 (Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, and Yoakum counties)
| term_start =1941
| term_start =1941
|occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Journalist]]<br>
|occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Journalist]]<br>
[[Radio]] executive
[[Radio]] executive
| religion =[[Southern Baptist]]}}
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|battles European Theater of Operations
|rank=Captain}}
'''Marshall Clinton Formby, Jr.''' (April 12, 1911 – December 27, 1984), was a [[Texas]] [[attorney]], [[newspaper]] [[publisher]], [[radio]] executive, and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] who served a term from 1941 to 1945 in the Texas State Senate for District 30, which includes twenty-four mostly [[rural]] counties in West Texas. He was a defender of regional interests and entitled a 1962 book, ''These Are My People.''
'''Marshall Clinton "Potts" Formby, Jr.''' (April 12, 1911 – December 27, 1984), was a [[Texas]] [[attorney]], [[newspaper]] [[publisher]], [[radio]] executive, and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] who served a term from 1941 to 1945 in the Texas State Senate for District 30, which includes twenty-four mostly [[rural]] counties in West Texas. He was a defender of regional interests and entitled a 1962 book, ''These Are My People.''
Formby was a maternal uncle of former state Senator [[Robert Duncan]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from [[Lubbock]] who formerly held the District 28 seat until he was appointed as the chancellor of the [[Texas Tech University]] System.
Formby was a maternal uncle of former state Senator [[Robert Duncan]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from [[Lubbock]] who formerly held the District 28 seat until he was appointed as the chancellor of the [[Texas Tech University]] System.
In 1932, Formby received a Bachelor of Arts in [[government]] from Texas Tech. While in college, he worked as a regional correspondent for several newspapers and was a student editor of ''The Daily Toreador.'' After college, he briefly owned and operated a drug store in McAdoo. In 1936, he worked briefly as a police reporter for ''The Miami Tribune'' in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].<ref name=plaque/>
In 1932, Formby received a Bachelor of Arts in [[government]] from Texas Tech. While in college, he worked as a regional correspondent for several newspapers and was a student editor of ''The Daily Toreador.'' After college, he briefly owned and operated a drug store in McAdoo. In 1936, he worked briefly as a police reporter for ''The Miami Tribune'' in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].<ref name=plaque/>
==Career==
==Career==