About
Former Governor of Texas and politician that served from the year 1917 until 1921. He also once served as the Lieutenant Governor of Texas during his political career. He was president of the Houston Post newspaper and owner of Texas' KPRC television and radio station.
Before Fame
As a teenager, he worked at the Houston Post. He eventually began his political career in the year 1914 as a member of the Democratic Party.
Trivia
He is the 27th Governor ever selected to represent Texas. At the time, Texas was dealing with the effects of the Mexican Revolution. In August of 1955, Hobby became chairman of the board of the Houston Post Company. By then, the company owned the television station KPRC-TV. His second wife Oveta Culp Hobby served as its president and editor.
Family Life
He was a husband and father of two children. A few years after his wife Willie died, he married his second wife Oveta in the year 1931.
Associated With
He is a former US politician like Abraham Lincoln.
