Coke Robert Stevenson

Full Name: Coke Robert Stevenson
Date of birth: March 20, 1888
Date of death: June 28, 1975

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	86	Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939	45th	Democrat	Junction / Kimble		Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton
H	86	Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937	44th	Democrat	Junction / Kimble	Speaker	Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton
H	86	Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935	43rd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Junction / Kimble	Speaker	Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton
H	86	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd	Democrat	Junction / Kimble		Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton
H	86	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931	41st	Democrat	Junction / Kimble		Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton

(1) Lawyer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

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House District 86
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 45th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Junction / Kimble
Counties in district: Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton

House District 86
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Junction / Kimble
Counties in district: Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton

House District 86
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd ⁽¹⁾
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Junction / Kimble
Counties in district: Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton

House District 86
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Junction / Kimble
Counties in district: Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton

House District 86
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Junction / Kimble
Counties in district: Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton

(1) Lawyer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

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Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

58th Legislature, R.S., SR 285. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
59th Legislature, R.S., SR 302. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 180. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
60th Legislature, R.S., SR 256-257. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
65th Legislature, R.S., SCR 116. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biography in LRL collection, 923.2764 ST48. Coke R. Stevenson: A Texas Legend, 1976.
STEVENSON, COKE ROBERT (1888-1975). Governor of Texas. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/8/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.
Biographical sketch, Houston Post-Dispatch, 1/8/1929, page 5, column 4, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, C.R. Stevenson. Memo File.
Biography in the LRL Rare Books collection, 923.2764 ST48M 1947. Mister Texas: The Story of Coke Stevenson, 1947.
Relatives: H. Grady Perry and Coke Stevenson - Brothers-in-law. Oral history interviews available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas. Oral History Collection, University of North Texas
31st Lieutenant Governor, 53rd Speaker of the House of Representatives: Coke Robert Stevenson. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Memorial, November 1975, p. 967. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Under the Dome," 1/20/1931, p. 8. Austin American.
Mentioned in "Speaker's Office Now a Prize Plum," 9/15/1980. Dallas Morning News.
Governor of Texas 1941-1947. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present.
Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.
"My Search for Coke Stevenson," 2/3/1991. First man in the state's history to hold all three of its highest offices: Speaker, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor. New York Times.
Coke Stevenson's "record of holding the three top offices in state government - speaker of the house, lt. governor, and governor - still stands." "Stevenson Buried on His Hill Country Ranch," 7/1/1975. San Angelo Standard-Times.
Relatives: Andrew Murr is grandson of former Governor Coke R. Stevenson. "Homestead: Patriarch Fought for Texas Independence," 12/1/2012. San Angelo Standard-Times.

Photographs

Photograph. Coke Stevenson, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Coke R. Stevenson, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Coke Stevenson, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Coke R. Stevenson, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Coke R. Stevenson, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Coke Robert Stevenson, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

45th R.S. - 1937 Appropriations Constitutional Amendments Game and Fisheries Live Stock and Stock Raising Public Lands and Buildings
42nd R.S. - 1931 Criminal Jurisprudence Live Stock and Stock Raising (Chair) Public Lands and Buildings Revenue and Taxation State Affairs
41st R.S. - 1929 Constitutional Amendments Counties Criminal Jurisprudence General Land Office Investigation Live Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair) Oil and Gas Leases, Investigate Prison Centralization Commission Public Lands and Buildings

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