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Revision as of 14:45, June 22, 2021
Coke Robert Stevenson (March 20, 1888 – June 28, 1975) was a Democrat] from Texas who served as the state's House Speaker lieutenant governor and governor from 1941 to 1947. 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.
Stevenson later supported numerous Republican candidates, and his grandson is a Republican state representative. He spent his retirement at his 15,000-acre ranch at Telegraph, near Junction in Kimble County, Texas.
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