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'''Coke Robert Stevenson''' (March 20, 1888 – June 28, 1975) was a [[Texas]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who served as the state's House [[Speaker]], [[lieutenant governor]], and [[governor]] from 1941 to 1947 (the last person to hold all three offices). He is known for his "defeat" in the 1948 Senate election where then-[[U.S. Representative]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] stole the race in the primaries with the help of [[Abe Fortas]] and [[George Parr]] in the "Ballot Box 13" issue.
'''Coke Robert Stevenson''' (March 20, 1888 – June 28, 1975) was a [[Texas]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who served as the state's House [[Speaker]], [[lieutenant governor]], and [[governor]] from 1941 to 1947 (the last person to hold all three offices). He is known for his "defeat" in the 1948 Senate election where then-[[U.S. Representative]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] stole the race in the primaries with the help of [[Abe Fortas]] and [[George Parr]] in the "Ballot Box 13" issue.
Stevenson later supported numerous [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidates. His grandson, [[Andrew Murr]] of Junction, is a Republican state representative, notable for his being the head of the House General Investigating Committee during the 88th Legislature, which led to both the expulsion of Representative [[Bryan Slaton]] (the first expulsion of a House member in nearly a century) and the current [[Paxton impeachment]] (only the third in Texas history, and the first in nearly five decades).
Stevenson later supported numerous [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidates. His grandson, [[Andrew Murr]] of Junction, is a [[Moderate Republican]] former state representative, notable for his being the head of the House General Investigating Committee during the 88th Legislature, which led to both the expulsion of Representative [[Bryan Slaton]] (the first expulsion of a House member in nearly a century) and the current [[Paxton impeachment]] (only the third in Texas history, and the first in nearly five decades). Paxton, however, defeated the impeachment in the state Senate.
Stevenson spent his retirement at his 15,000-acre ranch at Telegraph, near Junction in Kimble County, Texas, where he was eventually buried.
Stevenson spent his retirement at his 15,000-acre ranch at Telegraph, near Junction in Kimble County, Texas, where he was eventually buried.