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Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview 2 (II), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that Governor Coke Stevenson was going to run. So Mr. Johnson had a very, very tough decision to make, and he had talked, I am sure, to a great many people. I know he did. F: Do you think he was basically negative toward running when he came down, as Sam
station KVET; Coke Stevenson; LBJ using a helicopter to campaign in 1948; monitoring the 1948 election returns; LBJ's kidney stones; Paul Porter; legal action surrounding the 1948 election and box 13 incident; the Democratic Executive Committee vote

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, Fred Korth, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

take out the time that I knew would be necessary for a.campaign of the type that I envisioned, certainly, with Coke Stevenson as the principal opponent. They indicated to me that my response was not a satisfactory one, and that they were insisting

Oral history transcript, Eugenia Boehringer Lasseter, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: But there was another man, a fourth man, wasn't there? G: Well, Dies, O'Oaniel, Johnson, and Mann. L: Mann. But we thought Mann was the candidate we had to beat, you know. Gut O'Daniel came in. I know Mrs. Stevenson was still living, Faye. G: Or Ferguson. L

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 2 (II), 2/25/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, Stevenson. G: Stevenson. W: Coke Stevenson. That was the hottest race he ever had. G: Of course, this was the one he lost; this was the only campaign he lost, in 1941. 12 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
; LBJ joining the navy; construction contracts during World War II; construction work in Central America; the effect of World War II on Winters' business; LBJ's 1946 campaign against Hardy Hollers and 1948 campaign against Coke Stevenson; how A.W

Oral history transcript, William F. Billings, interview 1 (I), 5/23/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

one other aspect of my personal involvement How did you get into it? with things that involved Lyndon Johnson . I was acquainted with, and I followed his history, you know, back to the Coke Stevenson days when Coke Stevenson and Lyndon Johnson were

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[didJ, was closer to him than Lyndon is because I knew him way back there. So I called him up and I said, "Governor, I just tal ked to Lyndon, and he said for you to go ahead and cast your vote for [AdlaiJ Stevenson, that he had it without a doubt. He

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, James W. Smith, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, or what were you doing? W: Well, I was trying to help him get elected every way I could. G: You said you loaned him your airplane. W: Yes, he used my plane when he needed it. It was available to him. One time, he was trying to get Coke Stevenson
campaigns, including an offer to shear Coke Stevenson's goats so Stevenson would be available to debate LBJ; a watch LBJ gave to Winters; Winters' involvement in LBJ's land purchase near Johnson City; LBJ as a rancher; LBJ's lack of popularity in Gillespie

Oral history transcript, Cameron McElroy and Lucille McElroy, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thing, Longhorn Ordnance Works. G: Coke Stevenson had a lot of support in East Texas, didn't he, in 17 1948? M: Yes. We were for Johnson, and I'm trying to think who the biggest were for Coke Stevenson. where. But he went out fast. He went out

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to name Coke Stevenson to replace him. Do you recall that? W: No. I probably knew about [it], but I don't know any of the details. G: Do you have any recollections of Christmas of that year? I don't have any notes on Christmas of 1956. W: I don't

Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

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 (Item)

. 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

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, John B. Connally, interview S-I, 6/30/1988, by Robert Dallek (Item)

morning, finally Wednesday afternoon, the following week, enough counties reported changes in votes to where [W. Lee] O'Daniel then got ahead by 1311 votes. This was after a meeting Saturday evening in the Driskill Hotel between Coke Stevenson, Pappy
of the Federal Communications Commission; Tommy Corcoran and competition for KTBC in Austin; KVET programming; financing in 1948 campaign; LBJ campaign having better organization than that of Coke Stevenson; Ed Lloyd; Archer Parr; Connally’s mistake in 1941

Oral history transcript, John V. Singleton, Jr., interview 2 (II), 7/15/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

if he lost held be out completely? S: Right. Held come so close in 1941. Then of course most of the LBJ supporters were really anti-Coke Stevenson. I mean, they really didn't like Coke Stevenson and didn't believe he would make a very good senator

Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Now I practiced law in Montgomery from 1947 until 1953. LBJ ran for the Senate against Coke Stevenson. I In 1948 I'm struggling to make a living, practicing law and supporting my wife and three children-maybe there were two at that time

Oral history transcript, Malcolm G. Bardwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: He didn't lend help or assist in his-- B: No, not at all. P: That brings us just about up to the '48 election when Mr. Johnson ran against Coke Stevenson and won by the famous 48-vote victory and gained the name "Landslide Lyndon." You said

Oral history transcript, James L. Noel, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. As a matter of fact, I didn't act as promptly as my intuition indicated, but I felt early that it was his time to move, even though he would have to run against a very popular governor, Coke Stevenson. I felt that Coke Stevenson was vulnerable in many respects

Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

or reported . become Coke Stevenson, who was then lieutenant governor and would governor if O'Daniel was elected because he [O'Daniel] was at that time the governor of Texas, was a strong supporter of O'Daniel, and the strength that he was able to deliver

Oral history transcript, Woodrow Bean, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of editor of the El Paso Herald Post--his name was Ed Pooley; I'm sure that you've heard of him. F: That's P-O-O-L-E-Y. B: P-O-O-L-E-Y. Ed Pooley detested Coke Stevenson. He thought that Coke Stevenson was the biggest fraud and crook that had ever come
and the involvement of Judge Clarence Martens, Coke Stevenson, and George Parr; Bean's 1947 House of Representatives campaign; Bean's relationship to Judge Roy Bean; Bean's proposed legislation to raise taxes on sulphur, oil, and gas in 1947; the 1956 state Democratic

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Shivers' hands, and once that had been accomplished, then they were ready to fly off in all sorts of different directions, I think mostly to Adlai Stevenson. Now, I think that if he had been a bit more gracious in his treatment of them, they would have
Democratic National Convention, 1956; VP candidate decision; Adlai Stevenson; 1956 Presidential campaign; earlier Fort Worth state convention; NATO conference; legislative issues in 1956

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 21 I sat in some backyard sessions on that, too, and some of his friends advised him that it would be too difficult; said Coke Stevenson had been a very popular Governor and Coke had already announced that he was running

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 11/18/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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

Letter, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/15/1942 (Item)

as you asked me to.) Harry Benge Crozier was appointed to the Unemployment A I / ~ Compensation Commission by Coke Stevenson; I wrote Ben&e a ~1/\J~ brief, funny friendly note--no 1 mush. Then I wrote Sam Houston and Albertine a long letter. I sent him

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 9 (IX), 9/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

besides Parr wanted forgotten who he supported was a what Johnson district it because attorney was--and recommending. he or Whoever was mad at Coke something, district appointed somebody Stevenson appointment would have

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for his political future. I remember those things, and everybody wondered whether he could beat--was it Coke Stevenson at that time. M: Yes. A: And a lot of members of the Texas delegation didn't think he could beat him. They thought he would sort

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton and Dolly Bolton, interview 2 (II), 4/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

- II - 2 1 of the then-Governor Coke Stevenson and was appointed by Stevenson as chairman of the Texas Employment Commission . active in the 1948 campaign . You ask if he was I assume he was, but did not keep up with who was and who wasn't active

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

as a little bit too liberal for them, I know. J: I'm sure it caused some problems for some of his liberal associates in Washington. F: It took away, in a sense, one of the campaign possibilities that Coke Stevenson would have had because organized labor--I

Oral history transcript, Jerry Holleman, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

: As a matter of fact, no. The old CIa supported Lyndon Johnson; the AF of L supported Coke Stevenson. t1: How can you explain that? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

be a better Coke Stevenson, of course, whom he ran against, was a real well-known individual, but he was also known as a "sitter" and not a "doer." So I think that was one of the things that made up our mind, that after all, Lyndon Johnson also was well
Station; LBJ "Lyndon's Boy Johnson" Billboards; Hardy Hollers; Mrs. Ouida Nalle; Postmaster appointment; 1948 Senate race; Coke Stevenson; W. Lee O'Daniel; Hatch Act; more lies told about LBJ than any one man; IRA Commissioner; John Dunlap; Jim Cheatham

Oral history transcript, Cecil E. Burney, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, we ought to contest that evil result over there in East Texas ." You remember Coke Stevenson was trying to get to be governor by shoving O'Daniel upstairs to the Senate . And so all of the East Texas maneuvering in those days-- the evil areas

Oral history transcript, Terrel Maverick Webb, interview 1 (I), 1/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

[worked]. When was Lyndon, elected to the Senate? F: '48. H: Yes. F: H: Dates get me, Joe. That \'/as against C:Jke Stevenson. . And he also ran against [George] Peddy in the . Well, \'/e "Jorked for Lyndon. I did. . . The whole [time], every

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 47, 1 July 1990," LBJ Library (Item)

from college days, if Ed Clark: "I did not know that Coke Stevenson was a saint." he agreed with Caro's ''unflattering book that [said] Johnson had a bot tomless capacity for deceit and for deception and for betrayal...?" "No," Deason replied, ·'Caro

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 2 (II), 5/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Crawford Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

as much about Mr. Johnson as you'd like to know. Mr. Coke R. Stevenson was governor and, prior to being governor, he was lieutenant governor and prior to being lieutenant governor, he was speaker of the House. close friends. Mr. Stevenson and my father
Biographical information; meeting LBJ through National Youth Administration; LBJ’s 1938 campaign for Senate and decision not to contest the loss; details of 1948 Texas Democratic Convention Executive Committee’s certification of LBJ over Stevenson

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 4 (IV), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a steel allocation for construction of the Lone Star Steel plant. That was the eel ebrated occasion I guess when LBJ produced the letter that Germany had written in behalf of Coke Stevenson in 1948. R: No. It vias a very anti-Johnson letter. Do you

Oral history transcript, Anthony Buford, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

relationship with Bob, too. He was a good lawyer and a true friend. (Interruption) G: Let me ask you about the 1948 campaign. Lyndon Johnson ran against Coke Stevenson for the Senate, and this was that very narrow victory of 87 votes. You have a letter

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