| Interviewee | SHIVERS, Allan (b. 1907) |
| Political Service | State Senator|$|Lieutenant Governor|$|Governor |
| Interview ID # | OH 0006 |
| Date(s) of interview | , , |
| Description | Former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. Career in the Texas Senate, 1934-45; liquor control issue; pari-mutuel betting; lobbyists; oil politics; labor relations; comments about Governors James Allred and W. Lee O’Daniel; race for lieutenant governor, 1946; views on the operation of state government; education; Truman presidential race of 1948; tidelands oil; death of Governor Jester in 1949 and succession to governorship; gubernatorial election, 1950; Stevenson-Eisenhower campaign, 1952. |
| Interviewer(s) | Thomas Brewer |
| Physical Description | 117 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
