Oral history interview with O. H. Harris, 1972 November 27.

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Oral history interview with O. H. Harris, 1972 November 27.

Interview with O. H. ("Ike") Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Second, Third, and Fourth Special Sessions of the Sixty-second Legislature. Harris discusses financing primary elections, the appropriations bill, "lame ducks," the nomination of Larry Teaver to the State Insurance Commission, insurance legislation, Senate rules revision, the nomination of Bob Bullock to the State Insurance Commission, and Governor Preston Smith.

55 leaves ; 29 cm.

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