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Oral history transcript, Carl Phinney, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • could not specifically point out what it was. F: Colonel Thompson got in touch with you to handle the northern area of the campaign against Coke Stevenson? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
  • support of Stevenson; General Mark Clark; 1948 and 1954 campaigns; 1960 campaign; President’s club; assessment of LBJ; reserve cutbacks.
Oral history transcript, Harvey O. Payne, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • , and they said, you just forget it." "Well, His opponent at that time was former governor Coke Stevenson and they said, "This is Coke Stevenson country and we won't allow it1" So I recalled that my father-in-law used to be a county a.gent and pretty
Oral history transcript, Vann Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 11/xx/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • 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, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • in '4l? B: Well, he made a run in '41 against "Pappy" O'Daniel [W. Lee O'Daniel). W: '41, yes. B: Then he ran again in '48 and lost to Coke Stevenson. W: Well, I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't a little finagling going on down Pappy counted
Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 2 (II), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, J.C. Looney, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • then from the previous campaign, and the sentiment was much better for him. Although Stevenson was well- supported and liked, and particularly by the more conservative element, the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 2 (II), 10/3/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • /loh/oh -16- In 1948, that's the one he won by 87 votes, we had to run against the incumbent, the Governor Stevenson. The polls showed him to have 75 per cent when Johnson started, and he was 100,000 or 75,000 [ahead], some large figure like
Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • ; 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