residence succeeded governor children birth_place title party nationality preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
austin , texas carole keeton rylander tony garza george w. bush holt and ashlin williamson arkansas , usa chairman texas railroad commission of the texas railroad commission member of the republican american carole keeton rylander jim wallace -lrb- interim -rrb- 19 june 1957 january 1997 1992 holly holt williamson barry williamson
 june 1998 january 1999 barry ashlin williamson attorney
barry williamson

barry ashlin williamson -lrb- born june 19 , 1957 -rrb- is an attorney from austin , texas , who was from 1992 to 1999 a republican member of the texas railroad commission .
in 1992 , he defeated the appointed incumbent lena guerrero , a democrat , to win a seat on the three-member panel which regulates , not railroads , but oil and natural gas .
williamson is the son of the former alice wicker , a native of steele , missouri , and ashlin `` tunney '' williamson -lrb- 1926 -- 2011 -rrb- , a farmer and school board member who was born in blytheville , arkansas , but reared in missouri .
barry williamson himself was reared in snow lake in desha county and in elaine in phillips county , both located along the mississippi river in eastern arkansas .
williamson and his wife , the former holly holt , have two sons , holt williamson and ashlin williamson .
williamson has three sisters , jan w. dunkerson of rose bud , arkansas , karen w. tepovich of houston , texas , and alecia w. lybrand of soldonta , alaska .
a brother , tracy williamson , is deceased .
williamson did not seek a second term on the railroad commission in 1998 , but he instead ran unsuccessfully in the republican primary for texas attorney general .
he lost a runoff election to john cornyn .
a third candidate eliminated in the primary was tom pauken , the former state party chairman .
cornyn then defeated the democratic former attorney general jim mattox in the 1998 general election .
in 2010 , williamson served as campaign chairman for republican railroad commission nominee david j. porter , a certified public accountant from midland and giddings , who upset incumbent victor g. carrillo of abilene , texas , in the party primary .
porter then defeated the democrat jeff weems in the general election held on november 2 , 2010 .
williamson formerly resided in midland and dallas , texas .
