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Among those working to elect Peddy to the Senate by encouraging the write-in against Mayfield and raising campaign funds were two Republican industrialists from [[Wichita Falls]] in North Texas, [[Frank Kell|Franklin Marian "Frank" Kell]] and his son-in-law, [[Orville Bullington]], later the GOP state party chairman.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1LV8z4R_6_wC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=Frank+Kell+and+the+1920+Republican+presidential+campaign&source=bl&ots=GiAZcdmonF&sig=KqxZ8K2EjajQ6TDAbh6q_2UJn4I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pXNsUYOnG4LrqQGMwIGwBA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=one|page=122|publisher='Southwestern Studies at [[Texas A&M University]]|date=1984|isbn=0-89096-157-3|accessdate=April 16, 2013}}</ref>
Among those working to elect Peddy to the Senate by encouraging the write-in against Mayfield and raising campaign funds were two Republican industrialists from [[Wichita Falls]] in North Texas, [[Frank Kell|Franklin Marian "Frank" Kell]] and his son-in-law, [[Orville Bullington]], later the GOP state party chairman.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1LV8z4R_6_wC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=Frank+Kell+and+the+1920+Republican+presidential+campaign&source=bl&ots=GiAZcdmonF&sig=KqxZ8K2EjajQ6TDAbh6q_2UJn4I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pXNsUYOnG4LrqQGMwIGwBA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=one|page=122|publisher='Southwestern Studies at [[Texas A&M University]]|date=1984|isbn=0-89096-157-3|accessdate=April 16, 2013}}</ref>
Peddy polled 130,744 (33 percent) write-in votes, compared to Mayfield's 264,260 ballots (67 percent. Thereafter, Peddy challenged Mayfield's election before the Senate itself, mostly because Peddy had been kept off the ballot because of filing deadlines. The challenge succeeded only in delaying Mayfield's seating by nine months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/contested_elections/103Peddy_Mayfield.htm|title=The Election Case of George E. B. Peddy v. Earle B. Mayfield of Texas|date=1925|publisher=[[United States Senate]]senate.gov|accessdate=April 16, 2013}}</ref> Mayfield was unseated for a second term in the Democratic runoff primary in 1928 by fellow Democrat Thomas Terry "Tom" Connally (1877-1963).
Peddy polled 130,744 (33 percent) write-in votes, compared to Mayfield's 264,260 ballots (67 percent. Thereafter, Peddy challenged Mayfield's election before the Senate itself, mostly because Peddy had been kept off the ballot because of filing deadlines. The challenge succeeded only in delaying Mayfield's seating by nine months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/contested_elections/103Peddy_Mayfield.htm|title=The Election Case of George E. B. Peddy v. Earle B. Mayfield of Texas|date=1925|publisher=[[United States Senate]]senate.gov|accessdate=April 16, 2013}}</ref> Mayfield was unseated for a second term in the Democratic runoff primary in 1928 by fellow Democrat Thomas Terry "Tom" Connally (1877-1963).
==Later years==
From 1925 to 1942, Peddy practiced with the prominent Houston firm Vinson & Elkins.<ref name=tshaonline/>
From 1925 to 1942, Peddy practiced with the prominent Houston firm Vinson & Elkins.<ref name=tshaonline/>