Ben Ramsey (politician)

Ben Ramsey
Railroad Commissioner of Texas
In office
September 18, 1961 – December 31, 1976[1]
GovernorPrice Daniel (1961–1963)
John Connally (1963–1969)
Preston Smith (1969–1973)
Dolph Briscoe (1973–1977)
Preceded byOlin Culberson
Succeeded byJon Newton
34th Lieutenant Governor of Texas
In office
January 16, 1951 – September 18, 1961
GovernorAllan Shivers
Price Daniel
Preceded byAllan Shivers
Succeeded byPreston Smith
59th Texas Secretary of State
In office
January 19, 1949 – February 9, 1950
GovernorBeauford Jester
Allan Shivers
Preceded byPaul H. Brown
Succeeded byJohn Ben Shepperd
Member of the Texas Senate
from the 3rd district
In office
January 14, 1941 – January 11, 1949
Preceded byJohn S. Redditt
Succeeded byOttis Elmer Lock
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from the 11th district
In office
January 13, 1931 – January 8, 1935
Preceded byS.R. Williams
Succeeded byWinter W. King
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Turner Ramsey

(1903-12-28)December 28, 1903
San Augustine, Texas, U.S.
DiedMarch 27, 1985(1985-03-27) (aged 81)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeLiberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, Texas
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseFlorine Hankla Ramsey
Children3
RelativesAnne Ramsey (niece)
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin

Benjamin Turner Ramsey (December 28, 1903 – March 27, 1985) was a Texas politician who served in a succession of offices during the mid-20th century. He served in both Houses of the Texas Legislature, as secretary of state, 34th Lieutenant Governor, and as member of the Texas Railroad Commission.

Ramsey was born on December 28, 1903, in San Augustine in San Augustine County in east Texas, the son of William Charles and Emma Jenkins Ramsey. He attended San Augustine public schools and worked on the family farm. After finishing high school, he worked three years in his father's law and abstract office, then enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin. He passed the state bar examination before graduation and was licensed to practice law in 1931. Ramsey was elected to the Texas House of Representatives and served two terms. Afterward he returned to San Augustine to practice law with his brother for five years. In 1940, he was elected to the first of two four-year terms to the Texas State Senate. He became a Senate leader in anti-deficit legislation and legislation to regulate labor unions. In 1949, Governor Beauford H. Jester chose Ramsey to be Texas Secretary of State. In 1950, Ramsey resigned from the position before being elected to statewide office as Lieutenant Governor of Texas and was re-elected in 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1960 for six two-year terms. When Governor Allan Shivers's conservative branch of Texas Democrats clashed with the state's more liberal Democrats, led by U.S. Senate Majority Leader (and future U.S. President) Lyndon B. Johnson and U.S. House Speaker Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas, the two factions agreed to support Ramsey as a member of the National Democratic Committee.

In fiscal affairs, especially opposition to higher taxes, Ramsey was considered conservative. Despite this, he supported Governor Shivers in raising revenue necessary for higher teachers' pay, state hospitals, and prisons. Like Shivers, he was an enemy of labor unions. He strongly supported rural electrification, water conservation and development, paving of farm roads, and stricter laws regulation what he called "fly-by-night insurance companies." On September 18, 1961, he resigned from the lieutenant governorship in the middle of his sixth term in office, after being appointed by Governor Price Daniel to the Texas Railroad Commission. The next year, he was elected to the unexpired term and in 1964 and 1970, was re-elected to full six-year terms. He served three two-year terms as chairman. Just before his appointment to the commission, Texas was successful in achieving control over offshore oil (see Tidelands controversy), and Ramsey helped composed the rules for Texas coastal drilling. He chose not to run for re-election to a third six-year term in 1976 and retired from public office in 1977 following 26 years in statewide elected office.

Ramsey was married to Florine Hankla of San Augustine, and the couple had three daughters, Rita, Ann and MariBen. He died on March 27, 1985, and was buried in San Augustine.

References

  1. ^ "Railroad Commissioners Past through Present". www.rrc.texas.gov. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Texas
1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Marjorie McCorquodale
Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Texas
1952
Vacant
Title next held by
Gilbert N. Harrison
Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by
S. R. Williams
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from District 11 (San Augustine)

1931–1935
Succeeded by
Winter W. King
Texas Senate
Preceded by Texas State Senator
from District 3 (San Augustine)

1941–1949
Succeeded by
Ottis E. Lock
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State of Texas
1949–1950
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Texas
January 16, 1951 – September 18, 1961
Succeeded by

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