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Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Court fight. At that time the Texas delegation that attorned to Mr. [John Nance] Garner in particular took a position against Mr. Roosevelt in the Court fight. I remember particularly Mr. Hatton Sumners, who was at that time the chairman of the Judiciary
Oral history transcript, Sam Low, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • election to Congress . My first active participation in Lyndon Johnson's political career came in 1941 . And that was when Senator Morris Sheppard died and there was a great scramble of candidates to succeed him in a special election . In those days
  • Biographical information; Low’s father’s work in LBJ’s 1937 Congressional campaign; 1941 special election to fulfill Senator Morris Sheppard’s term; explanation of the east Texas ballots that allowed W. Lee O’Daniel to win over LBJ; Low’s WWII
Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • sort of looked after her. Mrs. Joseph at that tim~ lived with Carrie [?] Garner, who was Vice President [John Nance] Garner's niece. She and Mrs. Joseph lived with the Terrells and Gene Boehringer lived upstairs, as did the two nieces of Beauford
Oral history transcript, Harry Provence, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Provence -- I -- 2 M: When did you first meet up with Lyndon Johnson? P: It was in 1941. Senator Morris Sheppard died rather suddenly, and his
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • Johnson since then and felt really kind of sad about the fact that I had allowed my temper to get the best of me when somebody threatened to start a paper if I didn't support Johnson in his bobtail race for [Morris] Sheppard's office. While it probably
Oral history transcript, William Robert Smith, interview 1 (I), 11/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was elected later, served there four years, and then Franklin Roosevelt appointed me United States district attorney in 1933. Morris Sheppard and Tom Connally were really responsible for my appointment. The Senate confirmed me, and in August of 1933 I