Coke Robert Stevenson

Coke Robert Stevenson

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

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.

Terms of Service top

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.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

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

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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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