Description
First edition of William Wayne Justice: A Judicial Biography by Frank R. Kemerer, inscribed to Ralph Yarborough. 481pp. Tight pages. Mild foxing to dust jacket and end leaf. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. Inscribed by Senator Yarborough to Ann and Jefferson Yarborough. Additional inscriptions by author Frank Kemerer and subject of the book, Judge William Wayne Kemerer. Long inscriptions with accolades about the book.
Comments: Senator Ralph Yarborough served in the Senate from 1957 until 1971. He was a Democratic Senator from Texas, with strong ties to former President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was with President Kennedy in Texas, during his November 1963 visit. He initially refused to ride with Vice President Johnson in the motorcade, forcing President Kennedy to have a “heated exchange” with Johnson, demanding that he get Yarborough in line. Johnson acquiesced, and Yarborough was in the motorcade behind President Kennedy on that fateful day. Yarborough would go on to call that day in Dallas “the most tragic day of my life.” In the 1964 senatorial election, he ran against future President George H.W. Bush, prevailing in the election and setting Bush on a path that would eventually lead him to the Presidency. He lost his seat in 1970 Lloyd Bentsen, returning to private life.
