Oral history transcript, Homer E. Dean, interview 1 (I), 1/12/1984, by Ted Gittinger

Title:

Oral history transcript, Homer E. Dean, interview 1 (I), 1/12/1984, by Ted Gittinger

Number of Pages:

46

Description:

biographical information; how Dean got a position as a lawyer in Austin; Dean's military and law career history; the political situation in Jim Wells county in the mid-1940s; the connection between Dean's law firm and the George Parr family; the duties of county and district attorneys in Jim Wells County; practicing law in the Army during World War II; turnover of Jim Wells County officials in 1946; George Parr's influence in South Texas; Dean's support for LBJ in the 1930s and during LBJ's 1948 Senate campaign; LBJ's helicopter stop in Alice during the 1948 campaign; Halsey Wright and the important role of sheriff in Jim Wells County; the custom of political groups driving voters to the polling places to ensure their support; Anglos living in Precinct 13 in 1948; Dean's role as county attorney in the 1948 Senate election; the makeup and role of the county Democratic Executive Committee; Coke Stevenson going to Texas State Bank to examine the poll list; the location of the ballot boxes; the grand jury investigation of the 1948 election and other statewide legal proceedings; difficulties locating witnesses to subpoena; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black ordering that the ballot boxes could not be opened and Dean's opinion of where the ballots and other election paperwork may have gone; Luis Salas' account of events and role in the election; Dean's banking experience involving U.S. congressmen from Texas; shaking hands with President Truman in San Antonio following his 1948 election and Dean's opinion of Truman's character.

Contributor:

Dean, Homer E., Jr., 1918-2008

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Homer E. Dean

Subject:

1948 campaign

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details