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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Donald B. Yarbrough |
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, Texas , United States |
| Email | None |
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August 05, 1941
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| Died | August 12, 2017
(76 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Donald Burt Yarbrough was born August 5, 1941, in Dallas, Texas. He attended law school at The University of Texas, graduated in 1964, and was licensed to practice the same year.
In 1976, Donald B. Yarbrough was a little known, thirty-five year old Houston lawyer who shared a similar last name with longtime U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough, and with Donald H. Yarborough, who had run twice for the Texas governorship. Donald B. Yarbrough, a former staff lawyer for Campus Crusade for Christ, ran for a Texas Supreme Court seat in the 1976 election, claiming that God wanted him to run. He reportedly spent $350 on his campaign and made one speech during the primary. Voter confusion and name recognition led to Yarbrough's victory in the Democratic primary over his highly respected opponent, Charles Barrow. While running in the primary, Yarbrough had thirteen civil suits against him pending in state and federal courts. But because there was no Republican candidate, Yarbrough was unopposed in the general election and won the seat; he attributed his victory to God.
Yarbrough was sworn in to service in January 1977 but, facing indictments for forgery and perjury and the possibility of impeachment, he resigned from the court in July of that year. Gov. Dolph Briscoe subsequently appointed Charles Barrow to the court; Barrow was elected and reelected to the position.
Yarbrough was convicted of lying to grand jurors when he denied meeting with an associate to discuss forging a car title, was sentenced in March 1978, and failed to appear in court for sentencing. Instead, he fled with his wife and two children to Grenada where, safe from extradition, he attended medical school. Nineteen months later in 1983, while auditing a medical course in St. Vincent, he was arrested by federal authorities and returned to Texas, where a five-year prison sentence for aggravated perjury awaited him. In 1986 he was sentenced to six years in federal prison for bribery. Following his imprisonment he reportedly relocated to Florida, where he was planning to write a book on his version of the events of 1976-77.
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