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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=George Edwin Bailey Peddy
| name=George Edwin Bailey Peddy
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
[[World War II]] - Invasion of [[Normandy]]
[[World War II]] - Invasion of [[Normandy]]
|awards=[[Bronze Star]]<br>
|awards=[[Bronze Star]]<br>
Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)]]}}
Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)
|servicedates=1917-1919; 1939-1946}}
'''George Edwin Bailey Peddy''' (August 22, 1892 – June 13, 1951) was a [[Texas]] [attorney]] and [[politician]] who ran in 1922 as a combination [[Independent voter||Independent]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and [[Republican Party|Republican]] write-in candidate for the [[United States Senate]].
'''George Edwin Bailey Peddy''' (August 22, 1892 – June 13, 1951) was a [[Texas]] [attorney]] and [[politician]] who ran in 1922 as a combination [[Independent voter||Independent]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and [[Republican Party|Republican]] write-in candidate for the [[United States Senate]].
He was defeated by the Democratic [[nominee]], Earle Bradford Mayfield (1881-1964), an outgoing member of the Texas Railroad Commission. A native of Overton in [[East Texas]], Mayfield carried the backing of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], which Peddy opposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma91|title=Mayfield, Earle Bradford|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=July 9, 2020}</ref>
He was defeated by the Democratic [[nominee]], Earle Bradford Mayfield (1881-1964), an outgoing member of the Texas Railroad Commission. A native of Overton in East Texas, Mayfield carried the backing of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], which Peddy opposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma91|title=Mayfield, Earle Bradford|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=July 9, 2020}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Peddy was born on a farm near Tenaha Shelby County, also in East Texas. He was the seventh son of William Henry Peddy and the former Laura Gertrude Chambers. His father died soon after Peddy's birth, and Peddy worked as a young man to help support his mother.
Peddy was born on a farm near Tenaha Shelby County, also in East Texas. He was the seventh son of William Henry Peddy and the former Laura Gertrude Chambers. His father died soon after Peddy's birth, and Peddy worked as a young man to help support his mother.