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Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 2 (II), 5/18/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: EMMA LONG INTERVIEWER: Christie L. Bourgeois PLACE: Mrs. Long's residence, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 B: I'd like to start today talking about the 1948 campaign Coke Stevenson and LBJ were in. LBJ won by a controversial eighty-seven
  • 1948 election that certified LBJ as candidate over Coke Stevenson; Stevenson's suit in state courts and efforts to unseat LBJ in the Senate; election fraud in Texas; Henry Wallace; Stuart Long's letters to LBJ while Senator; LBJ's move from left
Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • and Shivers had the big fight? L: About his 67 votes? B: Oh, no. L: That was against Coke Stevenson in 1948. Yes, I was confusing that with--and that was a big fight in the credentials committee, whether or not he would be certified. I remember that one
Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • to LBJ; J.E. McDonald; 1952 Democratic Conventions – state and national; Governor Shivers for Eisenhower against Democrat Adlai Stevenson; 1972 Democratic National Convention; 1960 Democratic National Convention; contacts with LBJ while President.