- George H. Mahon
George Herman Mahon (
September 22 ,1900 -November 19 ,1985 ) was aTexas politician and served 22 consecutive terms as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives .Born in Mahon, Louisiana near
Haynesville, Louisiana , Mahon's family moved toTexas when he was a child. He graduated fromHardin-Simmons University inAbilene, Texas in 1924. Mahon graduated from the University of Texas Law School in 1925. Mahon was elected county attorney forMitchell County, Texas in 1926 and he served as district attorney of the thirty-second judicial district of Texas from 1927 to 1933.Mahon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1934 as a Democrat. He was a delegate to each
Democratic National Convention from 1936 to 1964. Mahon was the chairman of the Appropriations committee from 1964 until his retirement from the House in 1979. Mahon was also appointed on the panel for the Manhattan Project.After his years in the House, Mahon stayed in Washington to work with the
Smithsonian . He served as a regent of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1978.Mahon died on
November 19 ,1985 inSan Angelo, Texas , due to complications from surgery. He is interred in the Loraine City Cemetery,Loraine, Texas .References
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* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00154/tsw-00154.html Mahon papers, 1887-1986 and undated, in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University]
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