Interviewee | SHIVERS, Allan (b. 1907) |
Political Service | State Senator|$|Lieutenant Governor|$|Governor |
Interview ID # | OH 0026 |
Date(s) of interview | , , , , , |
Description | Former 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 Description | 188 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |