George H. Mahon
Template:Infobox officeholder George Herman Mahon (September 22, 1900 – November 19, 1985) was an American politician and attorney. A Democrat, he served 22 consecutive terms as a member the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
Biography
Born near Haynesville, Louisiana, Mahon's family moved to Texas when he was a child. He graduated from Hardin–Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, in 1924, and from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin in 1925. Mahon was elected county attorney for Mitchell County, Texas, in 1926, and he served as district attorney of the 32nd judicial district of Texas from 1927 to 1933.
Mahon was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1934. He was a delegate to each Democratic National Convention from 1936 to 1964.
Mahon voted against the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the Civil Rights Acts of 1960,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the Civil Rights Acts of 1964,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Civil Rights Acts of 1968,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which were directed at enforcing constitutional rights for African Americans and other minorities. He also opposed ratification of the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which gave the federal government oversight and enforcement over state practices that discriminated against minority voters.
He was the chairman of the Appropriations committee from 1964 until his retirement from the House in 1979, as well as the Dean of the House for his last three years. Mahon was also appointed on the panel for the Manhattan Project.Template:Citation needed
After his years in the House, Mahon stayed in Washington to work with the Smithsonian Institution, for which he had served as a regent from 1964 to 1978.Template:Citation needed
Mahon died on November 19, 1985, in San Angelo, Texas, due to complications from surgery. He is interred in the Loraine City Cemetery in Loraine, Texas.
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- County district attorneys in Texas
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- People from Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
- People from Colorado City, Texas
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
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