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Oral history transcript, Allie T. Hughes and Lorena D. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

they do for fun? AH: Not much. They would walk over to the Bob Cat and drink a coke and sit and talk. The Bob Cat was sort of a local gathering place. A little cold drink fountain, just off the campus. Right at the campus entrance. There wasn't

Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

came to town. F: You hadn't taken any part in the senatorial contest? Of course, But then came the famous Coke Stevenson case. this was among other things, if you recall, 1948, when Mr. Truman is also fighting for his life, so that you can't

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and the newspaperman, Henry Reese, who owned the paper there--I don't know anything about it; I know he fought us [and was later for] Coke Stevenson, but that doesn't make any difference. Anyhow, we all went to Fort Worth. Before I left, though, I went to the doctor

Oral history transcript, George Mahon, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Coke Stevenson who was a pretty popular man? M: Well, there again, it is hard to recapture those things. In those days Congress was more deliberate, easygoing, folksy type of place, and you talked with your colleagues about practically everything

Oral history transcript, John H. Crooker, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Francis and Warren Bellows, Jr., to get the support of young men and young women in their early thirties. F: Well, now, the people that would have been in your general age group, they weren't necessarily committed to Coke Stevenson. This wasn't a job

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

His decision to work for LBJ, John Connally's role among LBJ staff members, LBJ's childhood, Billy Drake, LBJ's relationship with his staff, Busby’s role as speechwriter, Coke Stevenson's political career, the Roosevelt election.

Oral history transcript, Fred Schmidt, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

their commitments to Adlai Stevenson, they were looking to other people, Estes Kefauver and others, at that convention. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More

Oral history transcript, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Carter, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the national committee, dnd that was the night that I met India Edwards. But [Coke] Stevenson was doing everything he could, of course, to prevent Johnson from claiming the nomination. That night under a large tree in Mr. Rayburn's back yard, the State

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

were voting solid for the liberal Democrats. the race. Now, Governor Coke Stevenson was the strong conservative in Lyndon Johnson was considered the liberal in that race. was considered the liberal in Texas. He But in Washington he was consid- ered

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 29 (XXIX), 3/19/1982-3/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but said he didn't agree with everything. G: Coke Stevenson was making a lot of noise to the effect that he was planning to run against LBJ in 1954. J: Yes, he was. I think Lyndon assumed that when it came right down to it, Coke Stevenson would develop
committee work and tidelands issues; the dedication of the Alvin Wirtz Dam; the Paley Report on the use of natural resources; Coke Stevenson's possible run against LBJ in 1954 and other political races; Christmas 1951 and visiting with the extended Johnson

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it is now. T: That was still burned indelibly. F: That's what I wondered. Did people run to you with stories of mistreatment? T: Oh yes, they did. And I might note that my co-chairman of Democrats for Tower at that time was Coke Stevenson

Oral history transcript, James E. Chudars, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

knew for a long time or something, but it was on a completely different level. We never got into politics or-- G: Did he talk about his opponent, Coke Stevenson? C: No. The only thing I would hear was what he would be telling the people. No, I

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

; there is plenty there that can speak for itself, and plenty of positive there that speaks for itself. But he is so inclined to beat on him unmercifully. M: He blew up Governor Coke Stevenson as a saint, which is absurd. D: There was a review of his book

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, James P. Nash, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

election, when he ran in '48 against Coke Stevenson? N: I would just as soon not talk about that one. G: That was a close one. N: That was when Duval County got involved in that. G: I think what they made up in Duval County they probably had lost

Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

ever see or have any contact with Mr. Johnson's He's supposed to have a very strong, very violent temper. He got mad at me once in the campaign of 1948 when he defeated Coke Stevenson. He didn't like a story I wrote. I told him I was going to write

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, the floor leader of the loyal Democrats supporting Lyndon Johnson, called me at Nashville the day before and said he wanted me to come down and vote. He thought it was going to be a close vote, and he knew that I had already complained about [Coke

Folder, "Longoria, Felix [Correspondence] [1 of 2]," Pre-Presidential Confidential Files, Box 2 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and it's possible that he may have talked with you at some time about his decision to run against Pappy O'Daniel in 1941 and then again, his decision to run, against Coke Stevenson in 1948. K: About the only firm recollection I have in connection

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1946" (Item)

executive order to seize coal mines for the government. O’Daniel announces he will not run for governor this year; Allred has already announced he will not run. Homer Rainey will announce his intentions to run on radio Thursday morning. Coke Stevenson has

Oral history transcript, Clifton C. Carter, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

don't want to stop you. This, of course, was the victory--the famous 87-vote victory--over Coke Stevenson? C: Right. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

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, Price Daniel, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

into your own ~enatorial years. That is you were attorney general in that disputed contest between Lyndon Johnson and Coke Stevenson in 1948, the one which Johnson eventually won by eighty-seven votes. D: I was ~torney general at the time. LBJ

Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with whom he had any close, personal association. G: Now let me ask you about Johnson's 1948 Senate race when he ran against Coke Stevenson. L: All right. G: What was your role in that? L: I probably supported him more actively than I should have

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1968, by William S. White (Item)

rather longingly at the senatorship from Texas and decided to become a candidate, and then did win. I think that race was between he and Coke Stevenson, as I recall. W: I believe it was, Senator. D: It went off by a rather narrow margin, but he won

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 6 (VI), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: In October, November, maybe a little bit of December that year, he was back a year after having been elected senator. He, I think, had been accepted in the state entirely as the senator. Coke Stevenson was bitching around, I guess, about it, and some two

Oral history transcript, John V. Singleton, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/5/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the voting patterns. What had hap- pened, I was told--I didn't actually see it I don't believe, I may have seen it--that we had intercepted a telegram from Coke Stevenson, who was W. Lee O'Daniel's campaign manager, that went out Sunday to various key

Oral history transcript, Cecil D. Redford, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

you get involved in any of the rest of his campaigns? R: When he ran in 1948, I was, after having gotten out of the Army, an employee of the firm here in Corpus Christi, and all but one of my employers were for [Coke] Stevenson. But I voted

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1950" (Item)

a vote on the housing bill, the Senate strikes down a billion dollar loan system to finance cooperative housing development by a vote of 43-38. LBJ and Senator Connally voted for the co-op loans. 3/18 Coke Stevenson denies rumors he is planning to run

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1944" (Item)

National Committee. Other speakers included: Harry Truman, Coke Stevenson, Ed Pauley, Myron Blalock, W.A. Brooks, Hatton Sumners and LBJ. The dinner climaxed a month-long fundraising drive for the DNC. March Early March Pat Adelman chosen as general

Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that it would be wise for him to go in, that he had made up his mind that he was going in, and he was going to announce it the next day. Yes, I remember that very well. F: Did you have any particular special interest in his running for the Senate against Coke

Oral history transcript, A.M. "Monk" Willis, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. that was. He ran against somebody It's been so long ago I have even forgotten who But Johnson won it; he got a lot of votes against him, but he won it easily from whoever the Republican was. That wasn't even the campaign. Coke Stevenson. The campaign

Folder, Papers of James H. Rowe (entire collection), Box C-24 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Sarah T. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, you decide which is the one that you want. I must say that Coke Stevenson had served with me in the legislature--I had served with him. I was on the opposite side of everything that he wanted to do and actually it wasn't very difficult for me to decide

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 11 (XI), 4/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Jenkins -- XI 25 worked for Coke Stevenson in the [1948] Senate campaign, bitterly strongly against Mr. Johnson. I had to have a PR man in my campaign, and he was the only one that lived

Oral history transcript, Gerald C. Mann and Gerald C. Mann, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Did you participa te at all in his campaign in 1948 against Coke Stevenson ? No, I did not participa te in the campaign at that time at all. M: F: Were you active in the campaign of 1960? M: Yes, I was active in the campaign of 1960, and I

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1954" (Item)

Drafted by LBJ Library archival staff from oral history transcripts and other sources as a service to our researchers. Not intended to be complete or definitive. 4/9 Harry Benge Crozier reports that Coke Stevenson, Jr. is considering running against LBJ

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1957" (Item)

Life and Casualty, headed by Coke Stevenson, and of ICE, headed by Ben Jack Cage. Cage, now in Brazil, has declined to appear before a State Senate investigating committee. 5/3 LBJ and Jenkins leave this afternoon for Austin to attend a conference

Oral history transcript, Joe Mashman, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

-- I -- 14 alongside there; this was a particularly hot day and I believe Coke Stevenson was scheduled to have been there that day. But we landed there around noon time and it was hot. We always arranged, as soon as we'd land, I would slowly move

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