Frances Farenthold
| Frances Farenthold | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 45th district | |
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In office January 14, 1969 – January 9, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Charles R. Scoggins |
| Succeeded by | John H. Poerner |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Mary Frances Tarlton October 2, 1926 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | George Farenthold (m. 1950; div. 1985) |
| Alma mater |
Vassar College (B.A.) University of Texas (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Educator, Lawyer, Politician, College Administrator, Activist |
Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold (born October 2, 1926) is an American politician, attorney, activist, and educator. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is best known for her two campaigns for the office of Governor of Texas and for being placed in nomination for the office of Vice President of the United States during the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
Farenthold was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on October 2, 1926. After attending the Hockaday School, Farenthold graduated from Vassar College in 1946. In 1949, she graduated from the University of Texas School of Law. She was one of only three women in a class of 800. Farenthold comes from a line of lawyers and judges. Her grandfather, Judge Benjamin D. Tarlton, Sr., served as Chief Justice of the Texas Court of Civil Appeals, a state legislator, professor at the University of Texas School of Law and is the namesake of the University of Texas School of Law Tarlton Law Library. Her father, B. Dudley Tarlton, Jr., was also an attorney.
Farenthold started her political career in 1968 when she was elected to represent Nueces and Kleberg counties in the Texas House of Representatives. She was the only woman serving in the Texas House at the time. Senator Barbara Jordan was then the only woman serving in the Texas Senate. They co-sponsored the Equal Legal Rights Amendment to the Texas Constitution.
Farenthold was the third woman whose name was put into nomination for Vice President of the United States at a major party's nominating convention. The first was Lena Springs, who was not a public official and whose 1924 nomination was a gesture of affection. The second was India Edwards in 1952, whose nomination was also a gesture of gratitude for her influence over Harry Truman. At the Democratic National Convention in 1972, Farenthold came in second to the presidential nominee's choice, U.S. Senator Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri. She garnered more delegate votes (404.04) than then-U.S. Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska, Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana, and future U.S. President Jimmy Carter of Georgia, among others.
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