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'''George Edwin Bailey Peddy''' (August 22, 1892 – June 13, 1951) was a [[Texas]] [attorney]] and [[politician]] who ran in 1922 as a combination [[Independent voter||Independent]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and [[Republican Party|Republican]] write-in candidate for the [[United States Senate]].
'''George Edwin Bailey Peddy''' (August 22, 1892 – June 13, 1951) was a [[Texas]] [attorney]] and [[politician]] who ran in 1922 as a combination [[Independent voter||Independent]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and [[Republican Party|Republican]] write-in candidate for the [[United States Senate]].
He was defeated by the Democratic [[nominee]], Earle Bradford Mayfield (1881-1964), an outgoing member of the Texas Railroad Commission. A native of Overton in East Texas, Mayfield carried the backing of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], which Peddy opposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma91|title=Mayfield, Earle Bradford|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=July 9, 2020}</ref>
He was defeated by the Democratic [[nominee]], Earle Bradford Mayfield (1881-1964), an outgoing member of the Texas Railroad Commission. A native of Overton in East Texas, Mayfield carried the backing of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], which Peddy opposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma91|title=Mayfield, Earle Bradford|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=July 9, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==