Myra McDaniel (December 13, 1932 – February 25, 2010) was the first African American to be the Secretary of State of Texas.
[1][2] She married Dr. Reuben R. McDaniel in 1955, who was a Professor Management Science and Information Systems at the University of Texas at Austin.
However, she was appointed as General Counsel to the Governor of Texas by then-governor Mark White.
[1] In 1984, she went on to become the Secretary of State of Texas, and became the first African American to hold the position.
[1][2] In 2017, McDaniel was awarded the Virgil C. Lott medal by the University of Texas School of Law.