Famous People with Name Preston

Preston Earnest Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Earnest Smith: was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1969-1973, and the lieutenant governor from 1963-1969.Smith was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1944 and then to the Texas State Senate in 1956. In 1962 he was elected lieutenant governor, and then in 1968 he was elected governor, a position he held from 1969 to 1973. He succeeded the popular Democratic Governor John B. Connally, Jr., who later switched parties. To win the governorship, Smith first defeated Don Yarborough in the 1968 Democratic runoff election. Two other candidates Dolph Briscoe, a large landholder from Uvalde in the Texas Hill Country, and former Attorney General Waggoner Carr, were eliminated in the primary.

Preston Thomas Tucker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Thomas Tucker: was an American automobile designer and entrepreneur.He is most remembered for his 1948 Tucker Torpedo, an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars. Production of the torpedo was shut down amidst scandal and accusations of stock fraud on March 3, 1949. The 1988 movie, Tucker: The Man and His Dream is based around the car's production.

Preston Rudolph York            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Rudolph York: was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers (1934, 1937-45), Boston Red Sox (1946-47), Chicago White Sox (1947) and Philadelphia Athletics (1948). York was born in Ragland, Alabama. He batted and threw right-handed.

Preston Ware Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Ware Jr.: was a U.S chess player. He is best known today for playing unorthodox chess openings. Ware was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, and died in Boston, Massachusetts.

Preston Morris Burch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Morris Burch: was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, breeder, and owner. Preston Burch bred a number of successful horses, the most famous of which was the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly Gallorette foaled in 1942. The following year he took over a

James Patton Preston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Patton Preston: was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 20th Governor of Virginia between 1816 and 1819. He was the brother-in-law of John Floyd and uncle of James McDowell and John Buchanan Floyd.

William Campbell Preston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Campbell Preston: was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier, and later Whig Parties. He was also the cousin of William Ballard Preston and William Preston.He was, however, elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and served from 1828

John Smith Preston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Smith Preston: was a wealthy planter, soldier, and attorney who became prominent in South Carolina politics in the 19th century. An ardent secessionist, he was the state's delegate dispatched to help convince the Virginia Secession Convention to join South Carolina in s

William Preston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Preston: was an American lawyer, politician, and ambassador. He also was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He served as lieutenant colonel of the 4th Kentucky Volunteers in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). After the wa

Richard Franklin Preston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Franklin Preston: was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Lanark North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1898 and from 1905 to 1919 and Lanark in the Canadian House of Commons from 1922 to 1929 as a Conservative member. He served as a Minister without Portfolio in the provincial cabinet from 1914 to 1919. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1922 by-election held after the death of John Alexander Stewart. Preston was reeve and later mayor of Carleton Place. He also served as warden for Lanark County.