Oral history interview with Ed Gossett, 1969 June 27 and August 1.

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Oral history interview with Ed Gossett, 1969 June 27 and August 1.

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Interview with Ed Gossett concerning his experiences as an attorney, federal judge, and former U.S. Congressman from Wichita Falls, Texas from 1938-1951. Gossett discusses his early law career, his unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 1936, his successful campaign for Congress in 1938 against ardent pro-New Dealer W. D. McFarlane, the New Deal, his personal political philosophy, congressional committees, the inner-workings of Congress, his views on immigration, and Franklin Roosevelt and Sam Rayburn.

14, 32 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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