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OH 0026

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSHIVERS, Allan (b. 1907)
Political ServiceState Senator|$|Lieutenant Governor|$|Governor

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0026
Date(s) of interview , , , , ,
DescriptionFormer state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. Observations on political career of Lyndon Johnson; Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948; Stevenson-Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952; Johnson presidential race of 1960; Texas Democratic politics, 1952-56; Fifty-third State Legislature; governor’s role in state party organization; state Democratic Convention of 1951; gubernatorial election of 1954; veterans land board controversy, 1954-55; insurance scandals of the mid-1950s; lame-duck governor.
Interviewer(s)Thomas Brewer, Fred Gantt, E. Dale Odom
Physical Description188 pp.
Terms of UseOpen