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Famous People from Lynn County, Texas.

E L Short

 

Short was born October 2, 1925 in Grassland, Texas in Lynn County to Cleburne E. "Bert" Short and the former Eva Lena McCord.  In 1943, Short graduated from Tahoka High School and attended Texas A&M University in College Station for a semester before he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1944.He was stationed on the California coast and then dispatched to mainland China. After the war, he attended several more semesters at Texas A&M.

 

E L and his wife, Dink, built the first cottonseed delinting plant in the area and owned and operated Tahoka Auto Supply for seven years.

 

He was Texas State Representative for District 73  from 1969 to 1979 and Texas State Senator for Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Garza, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Terry, and Yoakum counties from 1979 to 1983 when he was narrowly succeeded b John T. Montford.

 

Former U.S. Representative Kent Hance said that “No one worked harder for his constituents than E L Short. He spent hours upon hours researching any issues a constituent in his district had."

 

E L Short died June 24, 2015 at the age of 89.

 

An exhibit with some of Short's political memorabilia is available at the Garza County Historical Museum in Post, Texas.

 

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