Malouf Abraham, Sr.
| Malouf Abraham, Sr. | |
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| Texas State Representative from District 84 (Later District 79; now District 88) in Texas Panhandle | |
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In office 1967–1971 |
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| Preceded by | Fritz Thompson (District 86) |
| Succeeded by | Phil Cates (District 79) |
| Mayor of Canadian, Texas | |
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In office 1953–1957 |
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| Preceded by | Jess Lindley |
| Succeeded by | L. B. "Curly" Owens |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 26, 1915 Canadian Hemphill County Texas, USA |
| Died | May 30, 1994 (aged 78) Canadian, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Iris Lewis Abraham |
| Relations |
Tom Abraham (brother) Salem Abraham (grandson) Therese Browne Abraham (daughter-in-law) |
| Children |
Malouf Abraham, Jr. (born 1939) |
| Parents | Nahim and Alia Abraham |
| Occupation | Oil and natural gas industrialist; Philanthropist |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
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(1) Abraham once said that he was fortunate to have been defeated in a race in 1970 for the Texas State Senate so that he could devote full-time to his family and business interests. (2) As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, the Republican Abraham prided himself on returning much of his office expense funding to the state treasury. (3) From the fortune he made in the oil industry, Abraham was able to engaged in widespread philanthropy. (4) Of Lebanese descent, the Abrahams became one of the most influential families in Canadian, Hemphill County and the entire Texas Panhandle. |
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Tom Abraham (brother) Salem Abraham (grandson)
Malouf Abraham, Jr. (born 1939)
Betty Abraham Cooper (born 1942)
(1) Abraham once said that he was fortunate to have been defeated in a race in 1970 for the Texas State Senate so that he could devote full-time to his family and business interests.
(2) As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, the Republican Abraham prided himself on returning much of his office expense funding to the state treasury.
(3) From the fortune he made in the oil industry, Abraham was able to engaged in widespread philanthropy.
Malouf Abraham, Sr., also known as Oofie Abraham (July 26, 1915 – May 30, 1994), was an American businessman, investor, politician, and philanthropist. He was a self-made Texas multi-millionaire in the oil and natural gas business and a political and civic leader from Canadian, the county seat of Hemphill County in the northeastern Texas Panhandle. He made his fortune in part by leasing mineral rights throughout the eastern Panhandle adjacent to Oklahoma.
Abraham was the son of Nahim Abraham and Alia Abraham (1885–1979), resourceful immigrants from the village of Kafarakab in Lebanon who came to the United States through Ellis Island in New York City. The senior Abrahams first lived in Amarillo but then launched in 1913 a department store called the "Fair Store" in Canadian. They lived frugally in the back of the store until 1938, when they purchased what is now the fourth-generation Abraham family home.
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