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==Political career==
==Political career==
Peddy was the UT student body president in 1917 as well as the District 8 state representative for Shelby County. He opposed the policies of [[Governor]] James Edward "Pa" Ferguson (1871-1944)ies regarding UT funding and procedures but, like Ferguson, was a strong opponent of the Klan. During [[World War I]], Peddy accepted a commission as a captain in the [[United States Army]].<ref name=tshaonline>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpe13|title=George Edwin Bailey Peddy|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=July 9, 2020}}</ref>
Peddy was the UT student body president in 1917 as well as the District 8 state representative for Shelby County. He opposed the policies of [[Governor]] James Edward "Pa" Ferguson (1871-1944)ies regarding UT funding and procedures but, like Ferguson, was a strong opponent of the Klan. During [[World War I]], Peddy accepted a commission as a captain in the [[United States Army]].<ref name=tshaonline>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpe13|title=George Edwin Bailey Peddy|author=Richard T. Fleming|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=July 9, 2020}}</ref>
While in training at Camp Funston in [[Kansas]], he obtained leave to attend the [[impeachment]] proceedings against Governor Ferguson, which resulted in Ferguson's conviction in the state Senate and removal from office. Ferguson was succeeded by then Lieutenant Governor William Pettus Hobby, Sr. (1978-1964), to the governorship. Peddy resigned his House seat on September 10, 1917 to complete his military duties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=2776&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=George~gender=~last=Peddy~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=George Edwin Bailey Peddy|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|accessdate=July 9, 2020}}</ref>
While in training at Camp Funston in [[Kansas]], he obtained leave to attend the [[impeachment]] proceedings against Governor Ferguson, which resulted in Ferguson's conviction in the state Senate and removal from office. Ferguson was succeeded by then Lieutenant Governor William Pettus Hobby, Sr. (1978-1964), to the governorship. Peddy resigned his House seat on September 10, 1917 to complete his military duties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=2776&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=George~gender=~last=Peddy~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=George Edwin Bailey Peddy|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|accessdate=July 9, 2020}}</ref>