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- Petty in the first primary. George Petty was a class- mate of mine, and a very dear friend from Houston. And I did campaign a little, very ineffectively, for George. Mc: And that was the race that Johnson had with Coke Stevenson? M: Yes, that's
- Biographical information; Judge Frank Culver; Sam Rayburn; LBJ; George Petty; Coke Stevenson; Dan Moody; Carter vs. Tomlinson; FDR and the New Deal
- had a legitimate beef--Byron Utecht was given to writing a- he was, I've forgotten just exactly who he was for in that race--but- It would have been Stevenson or [George] Peddy . It was Coke [Stevenson] . He would write a paragraph of what Johnson
- , and the Belden re-survey after the election seemed to bear this out, what happened--now, this is my feeling about it--Jim Ferguson didn't give a damn about O'Daniel, he had a great contempt for him, but he wanted Coke Stevenson, who was then lieutenant governor
- Biographical information; birth; education; legislative service and experience; military service; writing and editorship; political activities (Adlai Stevenson campaign); Sam Rayburn; Hale Boggs; biography of Sam Rayburn; teaching; relationship
- campaign. To quote him, he said, "The Senator said, 'Maybe ,,,e ought to try to get him on our side,'" because I had been on the other side in the 1948 campaign. I had worked for Governor Coke Stevenson in his unsuccessful race for the Senate. B: Yes
- , didn't he? F: Yes. R: In those days, if you won the primary you were in, you know. That was against who--Coke Stevenson? F: Coke Stevenson. R: Yes. I can't think of anything. We helped somewhat in that law case that came afterwards, a typical
- , 1956; relationship between LBJ and Adlai Stevenson; 1956 Democratic National Convention; LBJ’s support of JFK in 1956
- , of course it soon dies or is amended to be meaningless. I had had an encounter with Governor Coke Stevenson as a member of an executive committee made up of members of the various river authorities and others who had tax remissions from the state. Under
- right. And in 1948, I'll never forget the ..... one night, some of us became very convinced that former Governor Coke Stevenson shouldn't become the United States Senator from Texas when W. Lee O'Daniel quit in 1948. I remember one night a group of us
Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
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- that they thought they v.Jere beat. This race in 1948 was really an uphill race. Yes. Oh, no. G: What did you think? W: I thought it was going to be tight. I thought it was going to be exactly what it was. G: Did you cover the [Coke] Stevenson campaign
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- Stevenson. I think Coke Stevenson was the incumbent governor running against Johnson for the Senate. very close. I remember seeing Tom Corcoran one evening during the summer a nd hi s s ta tement that Johnson. It was '\.oJ e' ve got to ra i se a 11
- His work on the Johnson-Stevenson case; Leland Olds; the way LBJ became Majority Leader; the Filibuster Rule; Johnson’s and Sam Rayburn’s relationship; the Civil Rights Acts and LBJ’s involvement with them; LBJ’s role in the McCarthy period; Rauh’s
- of a conviction that Lyndon would make a far better senator for the state and for the nation than his opponent. If memory serves me right it was Coke Stevenson. G: He didn't take a position one way or another I gather, Stevenson. S: Well, he didn't have
- the nominees of the Party to the LTexa~/ Secretary of State who would in turn put their names on the ballot for the election. Coke Stevenson announced that he was going to take a contest of the election to the State Democratic Executive Committee which meets
Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
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- . There was a lot of opposition to him--he was running against Coke Stevenson, and Coke Stevenson of course represented and was a symbol of conservatism. It was a close fight as you know by the closeness of that famous vote. So Lyndon was put in the position
- election returns showed the contest for the United States Senate between Governor Coke Stevenson and Congressman Lyndon Johnson was very close and even in doubt, this created a great deal of interest and attention on the part of the executive committee
Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
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- announced. G: What about in 1948? Did you help him then when he ran against Coke Stevenson? P: Oh, yes. I supported Lyndon. I don't mean that I was ever any big factor in any of those things, but I mean that I was openly for him. After all, I I liked
- did he get along with Amon Carter? B: He got along real well with Mr. Carter. F: They were strong-minded men. B: They got along real well until the [Adlai) Stevenson campaign, and then Mr. Johnson had a commitment to Mr. Rayburn to introduce
- came to town. F: You hadn't taken any part in the senatorial contest? Of course, But then came the famous Coke Stevenson case. this was among other things, if you recall, 1948, when Mr. Truman is also fighting for his life, so that you can't
- Coke Stevenson who was a pretty popular man? M: Well, there again, it is hard to recapture those things. In those days Congress was more deliberate, easygoing, folksy type of place, and you talked with your colleagues about practically everything
- election, when he ran in '48 against Coke Stevenson? N: I would just as soon not talk about that one. G: That was a close one. N: That was when Duval County got involved in that. G: I think what they made up in Duval County they probably had lost
Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- with whom he had any close, personal association. G: Now let me ask you about Johnson's 1948 Senate race when he ran against Coke Stevenson. L: All right. G: What was your role in that? L: I probably supported him more actively than I should have
- up together. vote was on, but I canlt. I wish I could remember what that I remember that Mr. Johnson and Senator Wirtz and various ones who were very active in the. . I get it mixed up with the fight with Coke Stevenson. which is sort of the same
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- : Before we get off the subject, there was some talk of the fact that certainly Mr. Johnson would have been more preferable to the Truman Administration than Coke Stevenson would have been. And, of course, the case did go to the Supreme Court. J: Yes. M
- ; Coke Stevenson; involvement in Washington litigation while LBJ was Senator; the Leland Olds case and the Texas oil industry; Allan Shivers, Adlai Stevenson and Sam Rayburn in the 1952 election; getting the Adlai E. Stevenson/John J. Sparkman Democratic
- if I can bring some up, because there must be some good stories that ,;,.could illustrate that. F: Were you in-,-olved in the Coke Stevenson Senatorial campaign? N: Yes. F: 'What do you :--::::nember about that? N: Three hou:-;; :o:~~e-;J
- the border in Arkansas I did observe from an outsider looking in, that the political factions at that time headed by Coke Stevenson as the other faction, and the Rayburn forces which was Lyndon Johnson's group, as to their successes. They were steeped
- conceded the election to Johnson, there were more votes came in than there were registered voters in two or three counties, and they happened to be counties where Coke Stevenson had a tremendous influence. So he wanted to be governor, and his proposition
- into the Stevenson headquarters during that campaign and worked as a volunteer in the headquarters during the campaign, and she got interested in the program of having a permanent organization. G: Was she interested, do you think, as a result of her support
- the word-vantage points in this situation. Did you have any opportunity that you remember to talk to either the Senator or to Governor Shivers about what going with Adlai Stevenson and Stevenson's views in the tidelands and so forth meant to this part
- First meeting with LBJ in Washington, 1935 at Little Congress; closely associated in Democratic convention in 1952 and after; Mississippi vote for LBJ and presidential nomination in 1956; Kennedy-Kefauver race at 1956 convention; Adlai Stevenson
- or those who are in the highest elected office that their party holds in the Congress will never buy that. For example, Barry Goldwater had no voice as a titular head of his party after he was defeated. The Stevenson people felt that Stevenson
- ~. R",yburn came into Ne,.] Orleans, where the national c~mmittee roeeti~g when this we.';; was held, and wanted to withhold any decision. ~ossible But he supported Paul Butler who was then elected with the SUp?0rt of Rayburn and Stevenson. B
- convention which first named Stevenson that you had that problem of the FEPC [Fair Employment Practices Commission] plank and your compromise on that, that the Labor Department would act by persuasion instead of compulsion in developing the FEPC. Did you ever
- Pamphlet that has the pictures and the resume for every person running for office. I had supported [Adlai] Stevenson in 1952 and 1956. Stevenson, I think, was one of the most outstanding, if not the most outstanding political individuals with whom I ever
Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
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- Stevenson or Johnson at the Hotel Adolphus? OM: No, I was here in Washington on both of those occasions. VM: Dale, let me interrupt you. On the time that Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson were there, we were getting ready for their visit to Corpus Christi
- ; campaigning in Texas; Ladies for Lyndon; the whistle-stop campaign; how they responded to opposition while campaigning; LBJ as VP; incidents at the Adolphus Hotel with LBJ and Adlai Stevenson; Bruce Alger; the time following the assassination; how
- did want to be vice president. Sam wanted to be the veep worse than hell because I've told you that four years before when we had the Adlai Stevenson business and Sam went in to ask Adlai to make Lyndon the vice president and he came back
- for the nominee. Was there any chance at all of him actually beating Stevenson out of the candidacy? E: No, and I think everyone knew that. The Tennessee delegation at this particular convention in Chicago was seated just behind the Texas delegation, and so
- ; and it seemed to me weeks before we knew the outcome. only a couple of days. rIm sure it was But first one return would come in, and former Governor Stevenson would be ahead; the next return would come in, and Congressman Johnson would be ahead