US Congressman. He was raised in Loraine, Texas, received a bachelor's degree from Abilene's Simmons University (now Hardin-Simmons) in 1924 and a law degree from the University of Texas in 1925, afterwards becoming an attorney in Colorado City, Texas. Mahon served as Mitchell County Attorney from 1926 to 1927 and District Attorney of the Texas thirty-second judicial district from 1927 to 1933. In 1934 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat and served twenty-two terms, 1935 to 1979. Mahon was Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee from 1964 until his retirement, and Chairman of the Joint Committee on Reduction of Federal Expenditures from 1967 to 1974. An expert on defense issues, he was one of the few House members trusted with knowledge of the Manhattan Project during the development of the atomic bomb. He was a Delegate to the Democratic national conventions every four years from 1936 to 1964, and a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1978. Mahon did not run for reelection in 1978 and retired to Washington, DC and Colorado City. Lubbock's George and Helen Mahon Library and George Mahon Elementary School, Texas Tech University's Mahon Professorship in Law and the federal building in Midland were all named in his honor.
US Congressman. He was raised in Loraine, Texas, received a bachelor's degree from Abilene's Simmons University (now Hardin-Simmons) in 1924 and a law degree from the University of Texas in 1925, afterwards becoming an attorney in Colorado City, Texas. Mahon served as Mitchell County Attorney from 1926 to 1927 and District Attorney of the Texas thirty-second judicial district from 1927 to 1933. In 1934 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat and served twenty-two terms, 1935 to 1979. Mahon was Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee from 1964 until his retirement, and Chairman of the Joint Committee on Reduction of Federal Expenditures from 1967 to 1974. An expert on defense issues, he was one of the few House members trusted with knowledge of the Manhattan Project during the development of the atomic bomb. He was a Delegate to the Democratic national conventions every four years from 1936 to 1964, and a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1978. Mahon did not run for reelection in 1978 and retired to Washington, DC and Colorado City. Lubbock's George and Helen Mahon Library and George Mahon Elementary School, Texas Tech University's Mahon Professorship in Law and the federal building in Midland were all named in his honor.
Bio by: Bill McKern
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