Texas statesman Price Daniel, born in nearby Dayton to M.P. and Nannie Partlow Daniel, spent six decades in state and national politics and served in all three branches of Texas government. After graduating from Baylor Law School, he established a law practice in Liberty and entered public office in the Texas House of Representatives in 1939, becoming Speaker of the Texas House in 1943. After service in World War II, he served as Attorney General of Texas from 1947 until 1953, vigorously defending Texas' ownership of its tidelands against federal encroachment. Elected to the United States Senate in 1952, he successfully sponsored legislation confirming Texas ownership of the tidelands. He was elected Governor of Texas in 1956 and reelected in 1958 and 1960, and as governor he championed preservation of historic state documents and construction of the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library building in Austin. During the next three decades, he served as head of the Office of Emergency Preparedness under President Johnson, as an Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, and as a member of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. At his death on August 25, 1988, he had held more offices of public trust than any other individual in Texas history.