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Lieutenant governor. In 1946, he was elected as the 33rd lieutenant governor of Texas by defeating the Republican nominee, John A. Donaldson, in a landslide margin, with Shivers garnering 344,630 votes (91.54%) to Donaldson's 31,835 votes (8.46%).
Robert Allan Shivers (1907-1985), governor of Texas, was born on October 5, 1907, in Lufkin, Texas, the son of Robert Andrew and Easter (Creasy) Shivers, and spent his early childhood at Magnolia Hills, the family home near Woodville.
Jan 15, 1985 · Allan Shivers, who was Governor of Texas from 1949 to 1957, longer than any other chief executive of the state, died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 77 years old and lived in Austin.
Allan Shivers was born on October 5, 1907, in Lufkin, Texas to a poor East Texas family. After graduating from Port Arthur High School in 1931, Shivers attended the University of Texas and graduated in 1934 with a law degree.
Jan 1, 1996 · Allan Shivers, governor of Texas, was born on October 5, 1907, in Lufkin, Texas, the son of Robert Andrew and Easter (Creasy) Shivers, and spent his early childhood at Magnolia Hills, the family home near Woodville.
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Feb 14, 2024 · Interview with former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas (1950-57), Allan Shivers from Lufkin, Texas.
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Feb 15, 2024 · Interview with Allan Shivers, a former state senator, lieutenant governor, and governor of Texas, 1950-57. The interview includes Shivers' observations on political career of Lyndon Johnson, the Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948, the Stevenson-Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952, the Johnson presidential race of 1960, Texas ...
Shivers became governor in 1949 after the death of Beauford Jester. He increased appropriations for state employee retirement benefits, eleemosynary institutions, teacher salaries, aid to the elderly, and improvements for roads and bridges; and defended the state’s claim to the Tidelands.
Jan 10, 2019 · Robert Allan “Bud” Shivers Jr., a businessman, philanthropist and son of a powerful Texas governor, died Tuesday at 72.
Allan Shivers was born in Lufkin, Texas on October 5, 1907. He attended school in Woodville and Port Arthur. He received his BA Degree in 1931, and his Law Degree in 1933, both from the University of Texas. Mr. Shivers married Marialice Shary in 1937, and they had four children.
