Bass launched a voter data-collection company and served as the finance chairman of the Republican Party of Dallas County in the late 1950s . The company proved to be a financial failure . He was elected chairman of the Dallas County GOP in 1957 , but resigned later that year . By 1960 , alongside Republican U.S. Representative Bruce Alger of Texas ' 5th congressional district , he staged a demonstration against Democratic U.S. Senator ( later President ) Lyndon B. Johnson when the latter visited Dallas . He was a delegate to the 1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
Harry W. Bass Jr.