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Coke R. Stevenson

Coke R. Stevenson

Coke R. Stevenson

Full name: Coke Robert Stevenson

Biography:

Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature

Party:

Democrat

Term as Lt.Governor:

January 17, 1939 - August 4, 1941

Note:

Stevenson vacated the office on August 4,1941, when he succeeded W. Lee O'Daniel as Governor of Texas. Senate presidents pro tem Weinert, Beck, Winfield, Lemens filled in for the vacancy until the inauguration of Lieutenant Governor John Lee Smith on January 19,1943.

Legislatures as Lt. Governor:

47 R.S. (January 14, 1941 - July 3, 1941)
46 R.S. (January 10, 1939 - June 21, 1939)

Legislative offices:

Member, Texas House of Representatives (1929 - 1939)
Speaker 44th (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S.)
Speaker 43rd (R.S., 1st C.S., 2nd C.S., 3rd C.S., 4th C.S.)
Governor (August 4, 1941 - January 21, 1947)

Elected state or federal offices:

None

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Documents:

Speeches (5)
Messages or Proclamations (0)
News Releases (0)
Other (4)