Marshall, Texas

Marshall is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located near the Louisiana and Arkansas borders in the Ark-La-Tex region. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Marshall had a total population of 23,935. It is the county seat of Harrison County{{GR|6}}.

Notable natives, citizens, and associated people

• John Burke — lawyer, soldier, and spy
• Edward Clark — Texas Governor
• George Dawson — author
• Mathew Ector — jusist and legislator
• James L. Farmer, Jr. — organized freedom rides
• James L. Farmer, Sr. — first Black Texan to hold a doctorate
• George Foreman — athlete and entrepreneur
• Sam B. Hall, Jr. — former congressman and federal jurist
• James Pinckney Henderson — first governor of Texas
• Susan Howard — actress, writer, activist
• Lady Bird Johnson — First Lady and environmental activist
• Walter P. Lane — Confederate General
• Robert W. Loughery — journalist, publisher, and diplomat
• Ashley C. McKinley — aviator; member Byrd Expedition to Antarctica
• Bill Moyers — journalist and government official
• Leo Michelson — painter and sculptor
• John T. Mills — Supreme Court Justice of the Republic of Texas
• Pendleton Murrah — Texas Governor
• Lucy Holcombe Pickens — 19th Century Southern socialite
• William Henry Pope — politician, self-described "Jim Crow Senator"
• Horace Randal — Confederate brigadier general
• Henry Roquemore — 20th century actor
• Wendy Russell Reves — fashion model, philanthropist
• Max Sandlin — former congressman and House Minority Whip
• I. B. Scott — Methodist Episcopal clericlder, newspaper editor, and educator
• Terrance Shaw — NFL cornerback
• James Harper Starr — politician
• Y.A. Tittle — American Football Hall of Famer
• Melvin B. Tolson — author, poet, and politician
• Isaac Van Zandt — statesman of both Republic and State of Texas
• Peter Whetstone — Moderator Leader and City Father
• Louis T. Wigfall — U.S., and later Confederate, Senator
• Kendrick Starling— NFL wide receiver