Governor's Race Scrapbook 1945-1946

Governor's Race Scrapbook

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During the 1946 Texas Gubernatorial election, the Democratic Party was sharply divided between moderate and more liberal factions. Governor Coke R. Stevenson (1888-1975) postponed announcing his decision not to run for another term in an effort to discourage other contenders and to help the more moderate candidate Beauford H. Jester (1893-1949) defeat his opponent Homer Price Rainey (1896-1985) in the democratic primary runoff election. After winning the democratic primary, Jester defeated Repub...

Stevenson, Coke R. (Coke Robert), 1888-1975

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Coke R. Stevenson served as Governor of Texas from August 1941 to January 1947. From the description of Papers, 1943. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22608558 ...

Sadler, Jerry, 1907-1982

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Rainey, Homer P. (Homer Price), 1896-

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Homer Price Rainey (1896-1985) was born in Clarksville, Texas, where he grew up in a poor farming family. He was valedictorian of his class at Lovelady High School in 1913. At the age of 19, he became a Baptist minister, and he served in the United States army during World War I. In 1919, Rainey earned his B.A. degree from Austin College and taught education there for three years before attending the University of Chicago, where he earned a master’s degree in 1923 and a doctorate in...

Smith, John Lee, 1894-1963

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Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 1943-1947. Born in Chico, Wise County, Texas, 1894. Moved to Throckmorton, Texas, at the age of six. Smith served in the Army during World War I and afterward went into law. Elected Throckmorton County Judge in 1920, Smith was admitted to the Texas bar in 1927. Smith was elected to the Texas Senate in 1940, and to the first of two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1942. Following an unsuccessful bid for the governorship in 1946, S...

Sellers, Grover, 1892-1980

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Jester, Beauford Halbert, 1893-1949

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Republican Party (Tex.)

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March, Caso, 1911-1985

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Brown, William V.

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Democratic Party (Tex.)

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The Democratic Party in Texas has played an important role in the political history of Texas since its declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836. Settlers from the south and east brought an overwhelming allegiance to the Democratic Party, making it the only competitive political party in the state throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The party’s dominance in local, state, and federal government over an ineffective Republican party, resulted in both a great influence o...