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The Coke R. Stevenson Memorial Center meeting hall is located off Interstate 10 in Junction, Texas.. Coke Robert Stevenson (March 20, 1888 – June 28, 1975) was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Texas from 1941 to 1947.
Known for his populist appeal and support of Texas's business community, O'Daniel served as the 34th governor of Texas (1939–1941) and later its junior United States senator (1941–1949). O'Daniel chose not to run for reelection to the Senate in 1948 and was succeeded by future U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson .
The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1939, in three states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year.
In the 2014 gubernatorial election, when Greg Abbott became governor, he beat Wendy Davis by more than 20 percentage points. By the 2022 gubernatorial election, Abbott’s margin of victory was ...
The 1938 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938. Democratic politician W. Lee O'Daniel defeated Republican nominee Alexander Boynton with 96.84% of the vote. Nominations
Things went even better for the statewide GOP, which heads into its third decade of uncontested control of Texas government. In a midterm election studded with Republican underperformance and ...
Allred received a recess appointment to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas on July 11, 1938, but he declined the appointment. [3] He was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 5, 1939, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas in fein , to a new seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584.