Yellow Dogs and Republicans: Allan Shivers and Texas Two-Party Politics

Contents

contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi introduct ion 3 chapter one Portrait of the Politician as a Young Man 7 chapter two Turmoil and Transition: Shivers and the Texas Political Scene, 1938–45 19 chapter three “That All Depends upon God and Allan Shivers,” 1945–49 36 chapter four Ascent and Election in His Own Right, 1949–50 52 chapter five Maneuvers, Intrigues, and Party Leadership, 1951–52 66 chapter six Vote Texan, Vote Ike, 1952 82 chapter seven Self-Perpetuation and a Third Term, 1953–54 97 chapter eight Scandals and Decline, 1955 115 chapter nine Last Fights and Departure, 1956–57 130 epilogue 147 Notes 151 Selected Bibliography 177 Index 185 viii Contents ...