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| name=Randall George "Randy" Pendleton​

|name=Randall George "Randy" Pendleton​

|nationality=[[United States|American]]​

|nationality=[[United States|American]]​

|office= [[Texas]] State Representative for District 75 and then District 73 (Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Lynn, Martin, and Terry counties)

|office= [[Texas]] State Representative for<br> District 75 and then District 73 (Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Lynn, <br>Martin, and Terry counties)

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

|term_start=January 1963​ (District 75)

|term_start=January 1963​ (District 75)

|preceded2=Wayne Gibbens ​

|preceded2=Wayne Gibbens ​

|succeeded2=[[E L Short]]​

|succeeded2=[[E L Short]]​

|residence=Andrews, Texas<br>​

|residence=Andrews, Texas​

[[Austin]], Travis County, Texas​

[[Austin]], Travis County, Texas​

|birth_date=March 15, 1937​

|birth_date=March 15, 1937​

|occupation=[[Lobbyist]]​

|occupation=[[Lobbyist]]​

|spouse=Frances Ann Guillet Pendleton (married 1957–2009, his death)​

|spouse=Frances Ann Guillet Pendleton (married 1957–2009, his death)​

|children=Kathryn Ann Winter<br>​

|children=Kathryn Ann Winter​

Alisa Karen Hudson<br>​

Alisa Karen Hudson<br>​

Kristina Kay O'Connor<br>

Kristina Kay O'Connor<br>

==Background==

==Background==

Pendleton was born to George H. Pendleton (1908–1993) and the former Beatrice D. Nelson (1912–1976) in Wellman in Terry County in west Texas. He attended public schools in Andrews. In 1969 newly-elected Governor`9]] [[Preston  

Pendleton was born to George H. Pendleton (1908–1993) and the former Beatrice D. Nelson (1912–1976) in Wellman in Terry County in west Texas. He attended public schools in Andrews. In 1969, newly-elected [[Governor]]  

Smith]] appointed Pendleton as the Director of State and Federal Relations in [[Washington, D.C.]] Pendleton was also a deputy commissioner for the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife. He served as executive assistant to the commissioner of the Board of Public Welfare. He was a lobbyist for Beneficial Corporation<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=2916|title=Randall George Pendleton obituary|publisher=Texas State Cemetery|accessdate=February 15, 2020}}</ref> and in that capacity worked for passage of the November 4, 1997 state constitutional amendment allowing home-equity lending in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/homeeqty03/|title=Home Equity Lending Gaps in Texas|publisher=window.state.tx.us|accessdate=December 17, 2010; material no longer on-line}}</ref> Pendleton was a board member of the Austin Club.<ref name=obit/>​

[[Preston Smith]] appointed Pendleton as the Director of State and Federal Relations in [[Washington, D.C.]] Pendleton was also a deputy commissioner for the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife. He served as executive assistant to the commissioner of the Board of Public Welfare. He was a lobbyist for Beneficial Corporation<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=2916|title=Randall George Pendleton obituary|publisher=Texas State Cemetery|accessdate=February 15, 2020}}</ref> and in that capacity worked for passage of the November 4, 1997 state constitutional amendment allowing home-equity lending in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/homeeqty03/|title=Home Equity Lending Gaps in Texas|publisher=window.state.tx.us|accessdate=December 17, 2010; material no longer on-line}}</ref> Pendleton was a board member of the Austin Club.<ref name=obit/>​

==Political life==

==Political life==

In 1972, Pendleton returned to the political arena to run, unsuccessfully, against the long-term incumbent Robert S. Calvert (1892-1981) for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, who won the last of his two-year terms. Pendleton accused Calvert of having mishandled [[sales tax]] collections, a situation which led to declining state revenues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82447/m1/2/|title=''The Bartlett (Texas) Tribune and News''|publisher=texashistory.unt.eud|accessdate=December 17, 2010}}</ref> Two years later, Calvert withdrew from the Democratic primary when faced with the strong challenge of Robert Douglas "Bob" Bullock, Sr. (1929-1999), a former Texas Secretary of State who would serve as comptroller from 1975 to 1991, when he became lieutenant governor ​

In 1972, Pendleton returned to the political arena to run, unsuccessfully, against the long-term incumbent Robert S. Calvert (1892-1981) for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, who won the last of his two-year terms. Pendleton accused Calvert of having mishandled [[sales tax]] collections, a situation which led to declining state revenues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82447/m1/2/|title=''The Bartlett (Texas) Tribune and News''|publisher=texashistory.unt.eud|accessdate=December 17, 2010}}</ref> Two years later, Calvert withdrew from the Democratic primary when faced with the strong challenge of Robert Douglas "Bob" Bullock, Sr. (1929-1999), a former Texas Secretary of State who would serve as comptroller from 1975 to 1991, when he became lieutenant governor ​

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Services were held at Hyde Park [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church, 3901 Speedway in Austin. Interment was at the Texas State Cemetery, a prerogative for all Texas legislators and their spouses.<ref name=obit/>​

Pendleton died in Austin, where he had resided after his political career ended. He was survived by his wife of fifty-two years, the former Frances Ann Guillet (born 1936), a former educator and a native of [[Dallas]]], the daughter of  the former Bernice Guillet (1908–1997) and Henry F. Guillet (1908–1985), who was a county attorney for Andrews County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/opinions/45hill/op/1973/pdf/jh0016.pdf|title=Letter to Henry F. Guillet from Texas Attorney General John Luke Hill|publisher=oag.state.tx.us|accessdate=January 5, 2011}}</ref> There are three Pendleton daughters, Kathryn Ann Winter, Alisa Karen Hudson, and Kristina Kay O'Connor. Services were held at Hyde Park [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church, 3901 Speedway in Austin. Interment was at the Texas State Cemetery, a prerogative for all Texas legislators and their spouses.<ref name=obit/>​

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