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Allan Shivers: The Pied Piper of Texas Politics. Allan Shivers. : A piper of paradox -- It was barefooted kind of life -- The boy senator -- The senator takes a wife -- Sally Rand and W. Lee O'Daniel -- Instant war -- How to use power -- "We're fixin' to inaugurate a governor" -- "A term of my own" -- Land : it's what Texas is made up of ...
As lieutenant governor Shivers helped bring Texas into the twentieth century by initiating the practice of setting a daily agenda and appointing senators to committees. The senate reorganized the public school system, passed a right-to-work law, and funded improvements for state hospitals, state highways, and higher education, including today’s Texas Southern University.
Allan Shivers served as a Texas senator from January 8, 1935, to January 14, 1947. Records are the senate files for Governor Allan Shivers and consist of advertisements, application forms, clippings, correspondence, financial records, legislative records, memorandums, petitions, and speeches, dated 1932-1947 and undated.
Former Governor Allan Shivers was appointed to the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System in January 1973 and was elected Chairman in January 1975. Presently he is serving as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Committee of Governing Boards. In that capacity, he is considered the spokesman for higher education in the state. Mr. Shivers has two degrees from The University of ...
15. Jan. 1985 · Allan Shivers, governor of Texas from 1949 to 1957 and later chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents, died Monday in an Austin hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Allan Shivers. July 11, 1949 - January 15, 1957. Constituent note on Tidelands and desegregation controversies. Born: October 5, 1907, in Lufkin, Texas. Early Career: Shivers attended high school in Port Arthur and was an outstanding student at the University of Texas. He practiced law in Port Arthur before winning election to the Texas Senate ...
Allan Shivers wielded extraordinary influence in this about-face. Serving as governor from 1949 to 1957, Shivers stands as an important transitional figure who, while staying within the Democratic Party all his life, nonetheless led Texas into Eisenhower's column and toward a new political alignment.
