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Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing of his party.
Jan 28, 1996 · The only Senator from the Deep South to vote for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Ralph W. Yarborough, a liberal Democrat from Texas who fought to expand the role of the Federal Government in ...
Jan 30, 1996 · Ralph Webster Yarborough, politician: born Chandler, Texas 8 June 1903; married; died Austin, Texas 27 January 1996.
Revered by many Texans and other Americans as “the People’s Senator,” Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903–1996) fought for “the little people” in a political career that places him in the ranks of the most influential leaders in Texas history.
Jan 29, 1996 · Ralph W. Yarborough, the only Southern senator who voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act, died Saturday. He was 92. He died at his Austin home, said an assistant in Yarborough’s law office.
Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing of his party.
Jun 28, 2010 · The only U. S. Senator representing a former Confederate state to vote for every significant piece of modern civil rights legislation, Yarborough became a cornerstone of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs in the areas of education, environmental preservation, and health care.
