Frank Kell Cahoon
| Frank Kell Cahoon, Sr. | |
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| Texas State Representative from District 77 (Midland County) | |
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In office January 12, 1965 – January 14, 1969 |
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| Preceded by | William S. "Bill" Davis |
| Succeeded by | Tom Craddick |
| Member of the Midland City Council | |
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In office 1972–1976 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 20, 1934 Wichita Falls, Texas, USA |
| Died | January 30, 2013 (aged 78) Midland, Texas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Paula Powers Cahoon (married 1957–2013, his death) |
| Relations |
Frank Kell (grandfather) Orville Bullington (uncle by marriage) |
| Children |
Corrinne Cahoon Bowers |
| Residence | Midland, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Wichita Falls High School Colorado School of Mines University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Oilman |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
Frank Kell (grandfather)
Corrinne Cahoon Bowers
Frank Kell Cahoon, Jr.
Frank Kell Cahoon, Sr. (June 20, 1934 – January 30, 2013), was an oilman and natural gas entrepreneur from Midland, Texas, who was the only Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives in the regular 1965 legislative session. Cahoon served two terms in the legislature from 1965 to 1969.
Cahoon was not the first Republican member of the chamber since Reconstruction but was outnumbered in his first term, 149 to 1. By 2011, Republicans in the Texas House had reached 101 members to 49 for the Democrats. In 2013, there are ninety-five Republicans and fifty-five Democrats in the state House.
Cahoon was born in Wichita Falls to Charles Wilbur Cahoon, Jr. (1897–1979), and the former Sibyl Kell (1899–1991). His maternal grandfather and namesake, Frank Kell (December 2, 1859 – September 17, 1941), a native of Clifton in Bosque County in Central Texas, was a diversified businessman and the owner or partner of six regional railroads totaling 1,300 miles of track. Cahoon's father was a partner in one of the Kell railroads, the Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas, which serviced part of the Texas Panhandle. Frank Kell also owned the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company, which he sold in 1928 to General Mills for cash and stock in the latter company. The senior Kell was a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and a leading entrepreneur and philanthropist in Wichita County. In 1885, Frank Kell married the former Lula Kemp. He and his brother-in-law, Joseph A. Kemp, are considered the two principal builders of modern Wichita Falls. Kell and Kemp are names of major streets in Wichita Falls. Cahooon's parents and maternal grandparents are interred at Riverview Cemetery in Wichita Falls.
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