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Graham, Callan (Item)

LBJ Connection: Campaign Worker for Coke Stevenson in the 1948 Senate race in Texas

Murphey, Robert W. (Item)

LBJ Connection: Nephew and close associate of Coke Stevenson; Sergeant at Arms, Texas House of Representatives, 1949-1952

Higley, Morris, 1910-1995 (Item)

Coke Stevenson for the U.S. Senate.

Dean, Homer E., Jr., 1918-2008 (Item)

LBJ Connection: Alice, Texas, lawyer; Jim Wells County county attorney during LBJ's 1948 Democratic senatorial primary race against Coke Stevenson and the "Box 13" scandal.

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 1983 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT W. INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Mr. Murphey's office, Nacogdoches, Texas f~URPHEY Tape 1 of 1 G: All right, Mr. Murphey, would you begin by telling us what your association was with Governor Coke Stevenson? M: I
Stevenson, Coke R. (Coke Robert), 1888-1975
Relationship with Coke Stevenson; Stevenson’s background; Stevenson’s 1938 campaign for lieutenant governor; campaigns for governor; Stevenson and the Fergusons; W. Lee O’Daniel and his relationship with the Stevensons; Homer Rainey; Stevenson’s

Sound recording of interview with AP reporter James Mangan by Joe Ewalt, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 2, side A, circa 1977 (Item)

; campaign styles of LBJ, Coke Stevenson; meeting with George Parr in San Diego, TX; addition of names to the tally list; previous Coke Stevenson election wins; cessation of investigation; Harry Truman, LBJ, George Parr meeting on train; Truman pardon of Parr

Oral history transcript, Morris Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, there wasn't any doubt in my mind that two-hundred vote deal was just a false deal. (Laughter) As a matter of fact, I was pretty active in [Coke] Stevenson's campaign during that summer and all the way through. I had served in the legislature in the House under
Roberts' career in the Texas state legislature and work on the Democratic executive committee investigating alleged voting irregularities in Jim Wells County in 1948; Roberts' relationship with Coke Stevenson and serving under him on the Texas

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of John D. Cofer (Item)

case pertains to Lyndon B. Johnson's narrow victory over Coke Stevenson in the 1948 Texas Democratic primary run-off election for the party's nomination for the U. S. Senate seat. The Schwille v. Rice case pertains to Johnson running for Vice-President

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 1, side A, 7/29/1977 (Item)

; relationship between George Parr and Coke Stevenson.

Oral history transcript, Josh H. Groce, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was in World War II and actually didn't even know Coke Stevenson. He was governor most of that time. I'm trying to connect up the--this has been forty years ago, and it's very difficult for me to place things. I kept thinking that here's something, but that led
defeating Coke Stevenson in the Democratic primary race; efforts to find a federal judge who would be more favorable to Coke Stevenson's civil rights; the Fort Worth hearing with Judge Whitfield Davidson; Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black's ruling on the 1948

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, continued, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 1, side B, 7/29/1977 (Item)

Continuation of interview of Luís Salas by AP reporter James Mangan regarding Salas’s early life, entrance into politics, and disputed votes in Jim Wells County, Texas, during the 1948 Senate election. Topics: 1948 run off between LBJ and Coke

Telephone conversation # 13703, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 11/1/1968, 1:09PM (Item)

YARBOROUGH PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH ON BOMBING HALT, SAYS COKE STEVENSON, ALLAN SHIVERS WILL ATTEND RICHARD NIXON'S RALLY IN TEXAS, ASKS LBJ TO GET PRICE DANIEL TO ATTEND HHH'S HOUSTON RALLY; LBJ REVIEWS HISTORY OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, HIS DECISION

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of the Texas Comptroller's Office (Item)

of voting results from Jim Wells and Duval Counties from 1938 to 1974. These two counties were the center of controversy during the 1948 Texas Senate Democratic primary run-off election between Lyndon B. Johnson and Coke Stevenson. • • • • Date range

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Morris Higley (Item)

as a reporter with the Amarillo Globe-News in 1930. He was Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign chair for Childress County, Texas, in Johnson's run against Coke Stevenson for the U.S. Senate. Scope and content note: The Papers of Morris Higley contain a photocopy

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Homer E. Dean (Item)

minutes and resolutions, and newspaper clippings. Jim Wells was one of two counties contested by Coke Stevenson in the primary election due to an extremely close count and peculiar voting patterns. • • • • Date range of collection: 2/1948 - 11/1948 0.3

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 8, side A, 5/27/1977 (Item)

for Coke Stevenson; Salas’s conflict with Charlie Price; local power of Parr and Salas as his representative; death of Bill Mason; Salas’s entrance into politics; comparison to The Godfather; control of draft board, police departments; Salas's relationship

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, continued, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 8, side B, 5/27/1977 (Item)

; Clarence Martens; Salas’s clerks; how many lists were created, where Salas’s list ended up, which list was seen by Coke Stevenson

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Mrs. Wade Salder (Marguerite Sadler) (Item)

election between Lyndon B. Johnson and Coke Stevenson. • • • • Date range of collection: 5/24/1948 - 9/14/1948 Less than 1 linear inch Available for research. (Open 3/5/1984) 1 series FOLDER TITLE LIST This small collection is located in a box shared

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 3 (III), 7/2/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, in the campaign in 1948 when Coke Stevenson, at that time former-Governor Coke Stevenson, announced for the Senate race on New Year's day, 1948, it is my recollection that he did not say anything at all about Taft-Hartley. And at that time when he announced, W
LBJ's opinion of the Taft-Hartley legislation, Coke Stevenson's campaign methods, Dr. Homer Rainey?s dismissal and resulting University of Texas student demonstration, LBJ's campaign strategy involving the Ferguson family and small town visits, how

Oral history transcript, B. F. "Tom" Donald, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

something was wrong, he didn't want to have anything to do with it. Brownlee kicked up a stink and told me there was going to be a federal investigation. Coke Stevenson and company came into the bank to see the voting records. They entered the bank
Biographical information; Donald's duties in Jim Wells County during the 1948 Democratic U.S. Senate primary; Coke Stevenson's efforts to see the voting records; suspicions regarding the final 200 names on the Jim Wills County voting/poll list

Telephone conversation # 308, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 12/6/1963, 10:05AM (Item)

STEVENSON DISCUSSES ADVANTAGES OF LBJ ADDRESSING UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE ITS ADJOURNMENT; LBJ SAYS HE WILL LET STEVENSON KNOW TOMORROW IF HE WILL MAKE SPEECH, ASKS STEVENSON TO DRAFT IT; STEVENSON SAYS LBJ SHOULD NOT LEAVE THE COUNTRY
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Telephone conversation # 308, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 12/6/1963, 10:05AM
ADLAI STEVENSON

Oral history transcript, Bo Byers, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with AP and who had gotten me into the AP by recommending me, Mac Roy Rasor, he drew Coke Stevenson, I drew LBJ . G: Did you literally draw them? � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library
with LBJ; San Antonio leaders; advance work; oil support; Lady Bird Johnson; LBJ and Coke Stevenson; the Taft-Hartley issue; LBJ's treatment of staff; women in campaign; spending nights at Dillman Street at time of the election; impressions of frenzied

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, Ernest May, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Petty in the first primary. George Petty was a class- mate of mine, and a very dear friend from Houston. And I did campaign a little, very ineffectively, for George. Mc: And that was the race that Johnson had with Coke Stevenson? M: Yes, that's
Biographical information; Judge Frank Culver; Sam Rayburn; LBJ; George Petty; Coke Stevenson; Dan Moody; Carter vs. Tomlinson; FDR and the New Deal

Oral history transcript, Callan Graham, interview 1 (I), 8/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: CALLAN GRAHAM INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: LBJ Library, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 2 G: Mr. Graham, very briefly sketch where you came from and how you ended up working with Coke Stevenson. CG: I have lived in Junction, Texas
Biographical information; investigation of the returns in Jim Wells County of the run-off between Coke Stevenson and LBJ; Stevenson’s campaign style; Stevenson as governor; political machine in South Texas (Parr Machine); Manuel Ramon, County Judge

Telephone conversation # 243, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 12/2/1963, 5:40PM (Item)

"#5"; "(TRANSCRIBED)"; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994; BILL MOYERS? ANSWERS CALL, ASKS STEVENSON TO HOLD FOR LBJ
LBJ THANKS STEVENSON FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS, CONGRATULATES STEVENSON ON HIS SPEECH [ABOUT COOPERATION WITH USSR IN SPACE], ASKS TO MEET WITH HIM SOON AND THANKS HIM FOR AGREEING TO WRITE INTRODUCTION TO BOOK LBJ IS ISSUING
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Telephone conversation # 243, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 12/2/1963, 5:40PM
ADLAI STEVENSON

Telephone conversation # 2948, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 4/9/1964, 1:10PM (Item)

MOYERS ASKS STEVENSON TO HOLD FOR LBJ WHO IS IN A MEETING; STEVENSON ON HOLD 0:50, DIFFICULT TO HEAR FOR FIRST 8:00, THEN BARELY AUDIBLE (RECORD LEVEL UP ON ORIGINAL BELT); CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
DISCUSSION OF US VOTE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION REGARDING UK-YEMEN AIR STRIKE; DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STEVENSON, DEAN RUSK ON THE ISSUE
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Telephone conversation # 2948, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 4/9/1964, 1:10PM
ADLAI STEVENSON

Telephone conversation # 6805, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON?, 2/6/1965, 12:13PM? (Item)

"1ST WEEKEND OF VIETNAM, SAT OR SUN"; "THE PRESIDENT AND ?"; CONTENT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES CALLER IS ADLAI STEVENSON; TIME AND DATE FROM WH OPS LOGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
LBJ DISCUSSES MEMO FROM RALPH BUNCHE ON UN ARTICLE 19 CONTROVERSY AND USSR'S ARREARS IN UN PAYMENTS; STEVENSON DISCUSSES HIS DISAGREEMENTS WITH STATE DEPT ON ISSUE; AT END OF CALL LBJ TRANSFERS STEVENSON TO MARIE FEHMER? TO DICTATE MEMO
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Telephone conversation # 6805, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON?, 2/6/1965, 12:13PM?
ADLAI STEVENSON?

Oral history transcript, Helen and Seth W. Dorbandt, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

liberal. She was a Johnson woman, in other words. I call that liberal, I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. G: Well, in those days when you compared Coke Stevenson and LBJ certainly Johnson appeared to be the liberal, certainly. HD: Yes. 1 LBJ

Folder, [Correspondence and clippings from James and Peter Mangan], Papers of James W. Mangan, Box 1 (Item)

Primary. Steel reports Caro's claim that LBJ "stole" the election from Coke Stevenson, and says no proof was offered. Assuming Steel was old enough to read newspapers in 1977, he should have known that on July 31 of that year every major US daily front

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 2 (II), 2/8/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 1984 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT W. MURPHEY INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Mr. Murphey's office, Nacogdoches, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Why did Governor [Coke] Stevenson prefer Ten High? M: Well, you're getting into the Governor's personal habits now
Stevenson, Coke R. (Coke Robert), 1888-1975
Stevenson’s personal habits; Stevenson’s humor; Stevenson’s interest in his ranch and hunting; Stevenson’s opinion of FDR; Murphey’s later involvement in political affairs; comparison of LBJ and Stevenson as ranchers.

Oral history transcript, Wroe Owens, interview 1 (I), 12/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the Littlefield Building on the eighth floor, my offices. The adjacent wing was occupied by a law firm, Critz, Kuykendall, Bauknight, Mann, and Stevenson, and that was Pierce Stevenson, Coke's brother. Bauknight, particularly, was a good friend of mine
How Owens got involved in the 1948 Texas Democratic Senate primary investigation; what Owens learned in questioning people in Jim Wells County for the investigation; Owens' relationship with Coke Stevenson; Owens' relationship with the Johnson

Telephone conversation # 2147, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 2/20/1964, 5:00PM (Item)

STEVENSON ON HOLD ABOUT 1:00 WAITING FOR RECONNECTION
STEVENSON RECOMMENDS WORDING FOR PANAMA AGREEMENT, DISCUSSES ROBERTO CHIARI'S MEETING IN COSTA RICA ON PANAMA; DISCUSSION OF WORDING CONCERNING REVISION OF PANAMA CANAL TREATY AND RESULTING PROBLEMS WITH SENATE; THOMAS MANN; OAS; STATE DEPT
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Telephone conversation # 2147, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 2/20/1964, 5:00PM
ADLAI STEVENSON

Telephone conversation # 3518, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 5/27/1964, 10:50AM (Item)

STEVENSON PRAISES VISIT BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO NYC FOR MUSEUM OF MODERN ART REOPENING; LBJ ASKS STEVENSON'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, LAOS; ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET TO DISCUSS VIETNAM DURING LBJ'S TRIP TO NYC; AVERELL HARRIMAN
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Telephone conversation # 3518, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 5/27/1964, 10:50AM
ADLAI STEVENSON

Telephone conversation # 3531, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 5/27/1964, 3:45PM (Item)

"NOT TRANSCRIBED"; "CAMBODIA, LAOS, VIETNAM & UN"; STEVENSON IS IN NYC, DIFFICULT TO HEAR
STEVENSON RECOMMENDS UN ACTION IN SECURITY COUNCIL ON LAOS, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM; POSSIBLE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON LAOS; FEAR OF CHINESE INTERVENTION; CAMBODIAN NEUTRALITY; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SITUATION; AVERELL HARRIMAN
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Telephone conversation # 3531, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 5/27/1964, 3:45PM
ADLAI STEVENSON

Telephone conversation # 6806, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER? and ADLAI STEVENSON?, 2/6/1965, time unknown (Item)

CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES SPEAKER IS ADLAI STEVENSON AND DATE IS 2/6/65; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
STEVENSON? ASKS FEHMER? TO SEND HIM COPY OF MEMO HE HAS APPARENTLY JUST DICTATED TO HER
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Telephone conversation # 6806, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER? and ADLAI STEVENSON?, 2/6/1965, time unknown
ADLAI STEVENSON?

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Warren Woodward (Item)

, C.R. 90th Birthday of C.R. Smith Invitees to C.R. 90th Birthday, Sept. 9, 1989 LBJ and Others in Pictures Newspaper Clippings of LBJ and Family and Others For Governor, Coke Stevenson, 1948 Newspaper Clippings of LBJ and Family and Others LBJ Letters

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Stevenson's people, of course, came forward--[they] didn't advance it in a greatly serious way, but they did advance the idea--"Why go to the expense of a second primary when it is so obvious that Coke is going to win?" because of the vote that had gone
George E.B. Peddy's role in Stevenson vs. LBJ second primary, Stevenson's and LBJ's activities leading up to second primary, black voters, working with Alex Louis and D.B. Hardeman, waiting for votes to be tallied, votes being thrown out.

Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. [1948]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 29 (Item)

..,. ........ HOTILCACnll HOTILIWIGU ANCILU OOUI.TS · * _..., ltOTiL IIOCJNTAlM LAU * Welly K. Hopkins, chief counsel for John L. Lewis, and formerly of Gonzales, Texas, and leader of the state Senate, said: wid "I .... not announce myself for Coke Stevenson

Oral history transcript, Luís Salas, interview 1, 8/31/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was going to support Lyndon Johnson? S: Before the 1948 election, George came to Alice and told me, "Luís, this time we're going against Coke Stevenson. We're going to support Johnson." I didn't ask him why, because whoever George told me "we want

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