On January 18, 1949, Calvert was appointed by Governor Beauford Jester to the position of Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts following the death of his predecessor, George H. Sheppard, who died in office. He was elected to a full term in 1950 and re-elected in 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1972, serving for twenty-six years.
In 1972, Randy Pendleton, a former legislator from Andrews in West Texas, and Jim Wilson, a former employee, ran against Calvert. There was a run-off between Calvert and Wilson, in which Calvert won.
In 1974, Bob Bullock announced that he would challenge the octogenarian comptroller and promised to reform operations of the office. Bullock was so aggressive that Calvert withdrew from the race, and Bullock was elected to the first of four terms.
robert, calvert, texas, university, historian, robert, calvert, robert, seale, calvert, april, 1892, september, 1981, longest, serving, texas, comptroller, public, accounts, serving, years, texas, comptroller, public, accountsin, office, january, 1949, january. For the Texas A amp M University historian see Robert A Calvert Robert Seale Calvert April 27 1892 September 1 1981 was the longest serving Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts serving for 26 years Robert S CalvertTexas Comptroller of Public AccountsIn office January 18 1949 January 3 1975GovernorBeauford Jester Allan Shivers Price Daniel John Connally Preston SmithDolph BriscoePreceded byGeorge H SheppardSucceeded byBob BullockPersonal detailsBornRobert Seale Calvert 1892 04 27 April 27 1892McGregor Texas U S DiedSeptember 1 1981 1981 09 01 aged 89 Austin Texas U S Resting placeAustin Memorial Park CemeteryPolitical partyDemocraticAlma materHoward Payne Junior CollegeMilitary serviceAllegiance United StatesBranch serviceUnited States ArmyYears of service1917 1919RankSergeantBattles warsWorld War I From 1909 to 1910 Calvert attended Baptist affiliated Howard Payne Junior College in Brownwood Texas On January 18 1949 Calvert was appointed by Governor Beauford Jester to the position of Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts following the death of his predecessor George H Sheppard who died in office He was elected to a full term in 1950 and re elected in 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 and 1972 serving for twenty six years When the African American then State Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson later a member of the United States House of Representatives filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC in 1973 Calvert said in response that Johnson was a nigger woman who doesn t know what she is talking about The EEOC ruled that racial discrimination could be inferred based on Calvert s response 1 In 1972 Randy Pendleton a former legislator from Andrews in West Texas and Jim Wilson a former employee ran against Calvert There was a run off between Calvert and Wilson in which Calvert won In 1974 Bob Bullock announced that he would challenge the octogenarian comptroller and promised to reform operations of the office Bullock was so aggressive that Calvert withdrew from the race and Bullock was elected to the first of four terms Calvert died in Austin in September 1981 Sources edit Black Legislator in Texas moves to impeach official Jet Johnson Publishing Company p 10 October 11 1973 retrieved December 5 2009 Political offices Preceded byGeorge H Sheppard Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts1949 1975 Succeeded byBob Bullock nbsp This article about a Texas politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert S Calvert amp oldid 1166501871, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
