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Yerger held party positions beyond Mississippi. He was the chairman of the Mississippi delegation to the [[Republican National Convention]]s in 1956, 1960, and 1964. In 1960, Yerger he was elected to a four-year term as chairman of the Southern Association of Republican State Chairmen.<ref name=misspol/> In 1963, Yerger was named Mississippi chairman of the Draft Goldwater Committee under the national director, Peter O'Donnell, Jr. (born 1924) of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].<ref>Thomas Byrne Edsall with Mary D. Edsall, "A Pivotal Year," ecfs/prg material no longer on-line.</ref>
Yerger held party positions beyond Mississippi. He was the chairman of the Mississippi delegation to the [[Republican National Convention]]s in 1956, 1960, and 1964. In 1960, Yerger he was elected to a four-year term as chairman of the Southern Association of Republican State Chairmen.<ref name=misspol/> In 1963, Yerger was named Mississippi chairman of the Draft Goldwater Committee under the national director, Peter O'Donnell, Jr. (born 1924) of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].<ref>Thomas Byrne Edsall with Mary D. Edsall, "A Pivotal Year," ecfs.org; material no longer on-line.</ref>
ecfs/prg material no longer on-line.</ref>
In 1965, Yerger lost a bid to become the national head of the organization of state Republican Party chairmen. His opposition to the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] was a factor in his defeat for that position. Yerger had an altercation with [[Moderate Republican]] [[Charles H. Percy]], a defeated candidate for governor of [[Illinois]] in 1964 but a successful nominee in 1966 for the [[U.S. Senate]].
In 1965, Yerger lost a bid to become the national head of the organization of state Republican Party chairmen. His opposition to the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] was a factor in his defeat for that position. Yerger had an altercation with [[Moderate Republican]] [[Charles H. Percy]], a defeated candidate for governor of [[Illinois]] in 1964 but a successful nominee in 1966 for the [[U.S. Senate]].