William McClellan Thornberry, known as Mac Thornberry, is the U.S. Representative from the Texas Panhandle. He has served since 1995, when the House seated its first Republican majority in forty years. A Republican, Thornberry represents Texas's 13th congressional district, a GOP stronghold which stretches between the Oklahoma and New Mexico borders. It winds across the Panhandle into the South Plains, then runs east across the Red River Valley. Covering over 40,000 square miles, it is the second-largest district geographically in Texas and one of the largest in the country. It is even larger in area than thirteen states. The principal cities in the district are Amarillo and Wichita Falls. 

July 15th, 1958 in Clarendon (Age 66)