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Gilmer is a city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, Texas, United States. [4] It is best known for being the home of the East Texas Yamboree and the birthplace of popular music singers Don Henley of the Eagles band and Johnny Mathis, as well as blues musician Freddie King. Its population was 4,843 at the 2020 census.
[4] [5] The close elections in 2018 prompted many electoral analysts to speculate that Texas could become a swing state, but in the 2020 and 2022 elections, Republicans increased their margins of victory. [6] [7] This race is considered to heavily favor Cruz, but some consider the race to have a potential to become competitive. [8]
2. African Americans Irving " Ervie " Arthur (1903–1920) and his brother Herman Arthur (1892–1920), a World War I veteran, were lynched —burned alive—at the Lamar County Fairgrounds in Paris, Texas, on July 6, 1920. The event extended and amplified regional and national flashpoints for justice.[1][2] It happened just a year after the ...
Mathis was born in Gilmer, Texas, on September 30, 1935, [5] the fourth of seven children of Clem Mathis and Mildred Boyd, both domestic cooks. [6] [7] Mathis is African-American [8] and has stated that he has Native American ancestry on his mother's side. [9]
Upshur County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,892. [1] The county seat is Gilmer. [2] The county is named for Abel P. Upshur, who was U.S. Secretary of State during President John Tyler 's administration.
Texas Highway 300 is a short (18.62-mile (29.97 km)) highway connecting Longview to U.S. 271 in Gilmer. Texas Highway 281 is a 19.3-mile (31.1 km) loop highway that circumnavigates much of Longview from its east connection at I-20 east of the Gregg/Harrison county line to I-20 in Longview.
Gilmer Independent School District. Gilmer Independent School District is a 4A public school district based in Gilmer, in the U.S. state of Texas. The district is located in central Upshur County and extends into a small portion of southern Camp County. For 2021-22, the district was given an overall rating of 'A', with a scaled score of 90, and ...
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.