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Coke Robert Stevenson
Full Name: Coke Robert Stevenson
Date of birth: March 20, 1888
Date of death: June 28, 1975
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
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Counties in District |
H
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86
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Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939
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45th
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Democrat
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Junction / Kimble
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Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton
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H
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86
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Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
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44th
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Democrat
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Junction / Kimble
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Speaker
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Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton
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H
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86
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Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
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43rd
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Democrat
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Junction / Kimble
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Speaker
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Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton
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H
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86
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Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
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42nd
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Democrat
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Junction / Kimble
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Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton
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H
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86
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Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
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41st
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Democrat
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Junction / Kimble
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Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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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.
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Biographical Sketches |
STEVENSON, COKE ROBERT (1888-1975). Governor of Texas.
Handbook of Texas Online.
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.
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.
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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.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Coke Robert Stevenson, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph.
Coke Robert Stevenson, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Coke Robert Stevenson, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Coke Robert Stevenson, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Coke Robert Stevenson, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Coke Robert Stevenson, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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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.
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