By 1960 , Fay had become Republican national committeeman from Texas and an automatic member of the Republican National Committee . At the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco , California , Fay served on the Credentials Committee . In 1969 , Fay lost his national committeeman 's position about the time that the attorney William Steger was elected state party chairman to succeed Peter O'Donnell of Dallas . Steger had been the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial candidate in 1960 and was later a long-serving U.S. District Court judge based in Tyler , the seat of Smith County
1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
Albert Bel Fay