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Cone Johnson papers

1891-1930

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00144/00144-P.html

Cone Johnson was a lawyer, Texas state senator, and solicitor for the United States Department of State. This collection includes correspondence, Department of State papers, campaign materials, manuscripts, and newspaper clippings. Main topics include Johnson's unsuccessful campaigns against Joseph Weldon Bailey for delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention (1908) and against Oscar Branch Colquitt in the state gubernatorial race (1910); Johnson's work as legal advisor to William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State during Woodrow Wilson's administration (1914-1917); and Johnson's law practice in Tyler, Texas.

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Texas state senator (1895-1899); Texas railroad commissioner (1903-1911); governor of Texas (1910-1915); U.S. Senate candidate (1916); member of the United States Board of Mediation (1929-1933); representative of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1935-1940). Newspaperman and lawyer. From the guide to the Oscar Branch Colquitt Papers, 1873-1941., (Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) Texas state senator (1895-1899); Texas railroad...