Allan Shivers
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Robert Allan Shivers was an American politician who served as the 37th governor of Texas from 1949 to 1957. Shivers was a leader of the Texas Democratic Party during the turbulent 1940s and 1950s and
Shivers in 1955
Allan Shivers monument at Texas State Cemetery in Austin
Beauford H. Jester
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Beauford Halbert Jester was an American politician who served as the 36th governor of Texas from 1947 until his death in office in 1949. He is the only Texas governor ever to have died in office. Jest
Allan Shivers
…Texas State University for Negroes (now Texas Southern University), and provided money for improvements of state hospitals and highways. When Governor Beauford Jester died on July 11, 1949, Shivers succeeded him, the only lieutenant governor in Texas history who has gained the governor's office by the death of his…
Beauford H. Jester
Beauford H. Jester Park in Corsicana, Texas