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David Wade Ratliff (20 April 1912 – 21 March 1995) was an American politician from Texas. A
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who lived in
Stamford, Texas Stamford is a city on the border of Jones and Haskell Counties in west-central Texas. The population was 3,124 at the 2010 census, down from 3,636 at the 2000 census. Henry McHarg, president of the Texas Central Railroad, named the site in 1900 fo ...
, he served his first term in the
Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abou ...
as a legislator from District 115. In his second term as state representative, Ratliff held the District 85 seat. After the death of state senator Harley Sadler, Ratliff won a December 1954 special election to replace him in
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, and was succeeded as a state representative by
Moyne Kelly Moyne L. Kelly (29 October 1901 – 11 April 1988) was an American politician from Texas. Kelly won a special election in January 1955, and succeeded David Ratliff as a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives The Texas House ...
. Ratliff retained the
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's District 24 seat until resigning the position on 26 April 1972. Bill Tippen won a special election in June, and completed Ratliff's term in office.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ratliff, David People from Stamford, Texas Democratic Party Texas state senators Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives 1912 births 1995 deaths 20th-century American legislators 20th-century Texas politicians