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Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • such narrow victories. The first time he ran for the Senate he was defeated, and then in his contest with Coke Stevenson he just [won by] 78 votes, or 87. G: Tight. B: Like the first time I met him, he just said, "I ran on a ticket totally opposed
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • begin with Adlai Stevenson and LBJ's attitude toward him. B: Adlai Stevenson in 1952, if my memory serves me correctly, was the governor of Illinois. Evidently Stevenson had been elected in 1948 when Truman had won, so he probably was serving out
  • Adlai Stevenson; 1952 presidential election; Dwight Eisenhower; Harry Truman; Gene McCarthy; John Sparkman; Amon Carter; Senator Richard Russell; Kentucky Derby; LBJ’s relationship with President Eisenhower; economics
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • who thought that he was the spokesman for the Democratic Party, and he had nothing but contempt for the congressional leadership. He had been a very strong advocate of Adlai Stevenson. So I think that the fact that Allan Shivers and Lyndon Johnson
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a deal with Adlai Stevenson, who people wouldn't think would make a deal but he did, and he made a deal to deliver Michigan, New Jersey, California, and New York to Stevenson if Stevenson would throw the convention open, and that's the way Kefauver got
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . There is a possibility that Steve Mitchell was either Adlai Stevenson's law partner or they were closely associated, but I think there was a better rapport between Johnson and Rayburn and Mitchell than there was with Stevenson, because they were always skeptical what