Waggoner Carr
| Vincent Waggoner Carr | |
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| Texas State Representative | |
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In office 1951–1961 |
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| Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives | |
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In office 1957–1961 |
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| Preceded by | Jim T. Lindsey |
| Succeeded by | Jimmy Turman |
| Attorney General of Texas | |
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In office 1963–1967 |
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| Preceded by | William Reid Wilson, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Crawford Martin |
| County attorney of Lubbock County | |
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In office 1949–1951 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 1, 1918 Fairlie in Hunt County, Texas, USA |
| Died | February 25, 2004 (aged 85) Austin, Travis County, Texas |
| Resting place | Austin, Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ernestine Story Carr (born 1920) |
| Children | David William Carr, D.D.S. |
| Education |
Texas Tech University University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Attorney; Author |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army Air Corps |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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(1) Waggoner Carr and his brother, Warlick Carr, were prominent Texas attorneys who graduated together from Lubbock High School and Texas Tech University. (2) As attorney general of Texas, Carr was involved in the prosecution of swindler Billie Sol Estes and Jack Ruby, the assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald. (3) Carr conducted his own investigation into the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy though federal officials discouraged his activities. (4) Carr was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 1966, having been defeated by the incumbent Republican John G. Tower. (5) In 1968, Carr ran for governor but was undercut by his fellow Lubbockite, Preston Smith, who went on to win the Democratic nomination and the general election. (6) Carr was implicated in the Sharpstown scandal but cleared of wronging and hence penned the book, Waggoner Carr: Not Guilty. (7) At the time of his death from cancer, Carr was penning books on the outlaw Jesse James and the former attorneys general of Texas. |
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(1) Waggoner Carr and his brother, Warlick Carr, were prominent Texas attorneys who graduated together from Lubbock High School and Texas Tech University.
(2) As attorney general of Texas, Carr was involved in the prosecution of swindler Billie Sol Estes and Jack Ruby, the assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald.
(3) Carr conducted his own investigation into the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy though federal officials discouraged his activities.
(4) Carr was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 1966, having been defeated by the incumbent Republican John G. Tower.
(5) In 1968, Carr ran for governor but was undercut by his fellow Lubbockite, Preston Smith, who went on to win the Democratic nomination and the general election.
(6) Carr was implicated in the Sharpstown scandal but cleared of wronging and hence penned the book, Waggoner Carr: Not Guilty.
Vincent Waggoner Carr (October 1, 1918 – February 25, 2004) was a Democratic Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and Attorney General of Texas.
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