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===U.S. Senate race===
===U.S. Senate race===
Because the Klan was backing Mayfield for the Senate, a group known as the "Independent Democrats" met in [[Dallas]] on September 16, 1922 to nominate Peddy to run in the [[general election]] scheduled for November 7. The longtime incumbent senator, Charles Allen Culberson (1855-1925), had been eliminated in the primary in which Peddy had supported Ferguson against Mayfield because of the Klan question.
Because the Klan was backing Mayfield for the Senate, a group known as the "Independent Democrats" met in [[Dallas]] on September 16, 1922 to nominate Peddy to run in the [[general election]] scheduled for November 7. The longtime incumbent senator, Charles Allen Culberson (1855-1925), had been eliminated in the primary in which Peddy had supported Ferguson against Mayfield because of the Klan question.
Democratic Party regulars managed to keep Peddy's name off the general election ballot, and so Mayfield was unopposed. Mayfield's critics said that his ties to the Klan disqualified him from being a Democrat. Mayfield, like the Klan, supported [[prohibition]], but Ferguson favored legal sales of alcoholic beverages despite being illegal anywhere in the United States by the former [[18th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]]. The Republican leadership endorsed Peddy, but it was too late to place a candidate for senator on the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] line.<ref name=tshaonline/>
Democratic Party regulars managed to keep Peddy's name off the general election ballot, and so Mayfield was unopposed. Mayfield's critics said that his ties to the Klan disqualified him from being a Democrat. Mayfield, like the Klan, supported [[prohibition]], but Ferguson favored legal sales of alcoholic beverages despite being illegal anywhere in the United States by the former [[18th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]]. The Republican leadership endorsed Peddy, but it was too late to place a candidate for senator on the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] line.<ref name=tshaonline/>
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).