Susan Weddington
| Susan Baker Weddington | |
|---|---|
| Chairwoman of the Republican Party of Texas | |
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In office 1997–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Pauken |
| Succeeded by | Tina Benkiser |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 6, 1951 City missing, Michigan, USA |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Joe Daniel Caldwell, Sr. (divorced) |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
| Residence |
Fredericksburg |
| Alma mater | Trinity University |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
(1) Joe Daniel Caldwell, Sr. (divorced)
From first marriage:
Sean Ernest Caldwell
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County, Texas
Susan Baker Weddington (born April 6, 1951) is a retired businesswoman from Fredericksburg in Gillespie County in the Texas Hill Country, who from 1997 to 2003 was the state chairwoman of the Republican Party of Texas during the administrations of Governors George W. Bush and Rick Perry. She is a former long-term resident of San Antonio, Texas.
A native of Michigan, Weddington moved to San Antonio before she was eighteen months of age and hence considers herself a native Texan. She is one of two children of the late Louis C. Baker and the former Elaine Baird (1919-2011). She has a brother, David Baker. Weddington graduated in 1969 from Alamo Heights High School in Alamo Heights and thereafter from Trinity University in San Antonio, from which she received a bachelor's degree in communications and was for a time an instructor of photojournalism.
Weddington was formerly employed by the firm Kinetic Concepts owned by her fellow San Antonio Republican James R. Leininger, who has been a major donor to Governor Perry, other Republican candidates, and conservative causes. A Christian conservative activist, Weddington became interested in politics as the mother of a teenaged son visiting the Texas State Capitol in Austin. Her particular interests at the time were education and product liability laws, which had caused her problems in her own business. In 1990, Weddington placed a black wreath that read “Death to the Family” at the door of the campaign headquarters in Austin for the successful Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Ann Richards, the departing state treasurer who that year defeated Republican oilman Clayton W. Williams, Jr., of Midland. At the state Republican convention that year, Weddington participated in a prayer rally and called upon the Almighty to "watch over the caucus rooms and the convention hall."
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