biography
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O'Daniel, Wilbert Lee
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known as Pappy
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| lived:
| (1890–1969)
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| biography:
| Musician, US senator, and governor, born in Malta, Ohio, USA. A businessman and radio music performer, he composed scores of songs, one of which, ‘Them Hillbillies are Politicians Now’, led to a campaign that climaxed with his election as governor of Texas (Democrat, 1939–41). He went on to serve in the US Senate (1941–9), and although famed for his campaigning techniques, he espoused such conservative views that he had little influence in the Senate. |
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