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Orville Bullington (February 10, 1882 – November 24, 1956) was an attorney and businessman in Wichita Falls, Texas, who was the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1932 against former Governor Miriam Wallace "Ma" Ferguson. ==Early years, education, family, military== Bullington was born in Indian Springs, northwest of Schell City in Vernon County in western Missouri, to William Isiac Bullington and the former Sarah Holmes, both natives of Tennessee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The Handbook of Texas'' on-line: Orville Bullington )〕 He was educated at a private school in Tennessee and at some point during childhood relocated with his family to Poolville in Parker County west of Fort Worth.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=University of Texas-Arlington Library, Special Collections )〕 He enrolled at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, then a normal school, from which he graduated in 1901.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Art in the Newton Gresham Library )〕 Bullington taught school for two years before he enrolled at the University of Texas Law School in Austin in 1903. He completed the three-year curriculum in two years, was admitted to the Texas bar, and in 1906 established his law office in Munday in Knox County in West Texas. He served a term as the Knox county attorney.〔 In June 1909, Bullington moved to Wichita Falls, where he practiced law for the remainder of his life, first with partners Charles C. Huff and Joe H. Barwise, and later with T.R. "Dan" Boone and Leslie Humphrey (1884–1967), who served for a time as the district attorney from Henrietta in nearby Clay County and was a long-time Democratic Party advocate. The Bullington firm is now known as Gibson Davenport Anderson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Barbara A. Gibson, "Our History: Gibson Davenport Anderson" )〕 Bullington enlisted as a private in the United States Army during World War I and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel from the 8th Infantry.〔 On June 28, 1911, Bullington married the former Sadie Kell (1886-1960), daughter of railroad executive Frank Kell of Wichita Falls, and the couple had one son, William Orville Bullington (1923–1951).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Death certificate, William Orville Bullington )〕 The couple married at The Kell House in Wichita Falls, then in its second year of residence. Sadie's wedding gown is among the exhibits on display at the Kell House Museum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kell House Museum )〕 In 1929, Bullington was named president of the Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce. His business investments included petroleum and farm and ranch holdings in Wichita Falls and the Texas Panhandle. He was also affiliated with the American National Bank, Kemp Hotel Corporation (named for Joseph A. Kemp, Frank Kell's brother-in-law), and the Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad.〔 In 1929, Bullington became partners with Frank P. Jackson and J. M. Gilliam in the first radio station in Waco, WJAD, which soon changed its named to WACO, now based on Burleson, Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First Waco radio station was Jackson's hobby )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orville Bullington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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