Price Daniel

==Governor==
[[File:Price Daniel (TX).png|140px|thumb|left|Daniel as governor.]]
Senator Daniel was elected governor in 1956. Thereafter, Daniel's chief Democratic rival [[Ralph Yarborough]] went on to succeed Daniel after a temporary appointee, [[William A. Blakley]] of [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], in the Senate in a special election held in 1957.

As governor, Daniel saw legislative fruition of his proposals to reorganize of the State Board of Insurance,<ref name="Price Daniel Dissertation-August 1999"/> passage of an ethics code for lawmakers and other state employees, regulation of lobbyists, an improved structure for state archives, and a long-range water conservation plan.
[[File:Texas Governor Price Daniel (seated) signing bill making Arlington State College a four-year college (10010616).jpg|left|thumb|Price Daniel signing the bill making [[Arlington State College]] a four-year college in 1959]]
Daniel was re-elected governor in [[Texas gubernatorial election, 1958|1958]] by a 7–1 margin over the Republican Edwin S. Mayer (1896-1963), a [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]] [[sheep]] and [[goat]]s owner who was twice a delegate for [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] at the [[1952 Republican National Convention|1952]] and [[1956 Republican National Convention|1956]] [[Republican National Convention]]s. In [[1960 Republican National Convention|1960]], Mayer was the only delegate at the national convention who abstained on the nomination of former U.S. Senator [[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]], of [[Massachusetts]] as [[Richard Nixon]]'s running mate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmaay|title=Mayer, Edwin S.|first=Robin|last=Dutton|publisher=Texas State Historical Association on-line|access-date=May 7, 2017}}</ref>

In [[1960 Texas gubernatorial election|1960]], Daniel won renomination over [[Jack Cox (Texas politician)|Jack Cox]], an oil equipment executive from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. Daniel received 1,637,755 votes (72.8 percent) to Republican [[William Steger|William M. Steger]] of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], who obtained 612,963 ballots (27.2 percent).

In 1961, the legislature passed a 2-cent sales tax,<ref name="Texas State Sales Tax">{{Handbook of Texas |author=Calvert, Robert S. | name=Texas State Sales Tax| id=mpszr |  retrieved=2 June 2010}} Texas State Historical Association</ref> which Daniel allowed to become law without his signature<ref name="Legislature OKs Texas Sales Tax">{{cite news|title=Legislature OKs Texas Sales Tax|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RGAaAAAAIBAJ&pg=7364,3520493&dq=1961+texas+sales+tax&hl=en|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=9 August 1961}}</ref> so the state would remain solvent. After the passage of the sales tax, Daniel's popularity waned, and he failed at his attempt to be elected to a fourth term in 1962. He lost the Democratic nomination to former [[Navy Secretary]] [[John B. Connally Jr.]]