Jarman Switches Parties
After barely surviving a political challenge from political newcomer Mickey Edwards, on January 23, 1975, Jarman switched parties from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in protest of the removals of Felix Edward Hébert, Wright Patman and William R. Poage from their committee chairmanships. Jarman claimed that the Democratic Party Caucus had changed over the years and that certain elements of the Caucus "force their liberal views on this Congress and on this country by nullifying the seniority system and punishing those who do not adhere to the liberal party line as laid down by the caucus."
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