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Summary:

Interview with H.G. Perry, a former member of the Texas House of Representatives (1920-1922, 1946-1950), a journalist, and brother-in-law to former Governor Coke Stevenson. Perry shares his experiences in the Thirty-seventh Legislature and comments on former Governors Pat Neff, James and Miriam Ferguson, and Coke Stevenson. He also comments on Senator Joe Bailey and Sam Johnson (Lyndon Johnson's father), Southwest Texas machine politics, and meeting with William Jennings Bryan.

Table of Contents:

• April 8, 1968 interview [36 leaves]
• May 11, 1969 interview (accompanied by former Governor Coke Stevenson) [13 leaves]

Author/Creator:

Perry, H. Grady, 1894-

Contributors:

Gantt, Fred

Stevenson, Coke R. (Coke Robert), 1888-1975

Texas Political History Oral History Project

North Texas State University > Oral History Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with H. G. Perry, 1968 April 8 and 1969 May 11 [by Perry, H.G.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 53

Subjects:

Stevenson, Coke R. (Coke Robert), 1888-1975

Perry, H. Grady, 1894- — Oral history

Texas Legislature — House of Representatives — Oral history

Legislation — Texas — Oral history

Legislators — Texas — Oral history

Texas — Politics and government — 1865-1950 — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Political oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interviews conducted in 1968 and 1969 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Fred Gantt, Professor of Political Science, North Texas State University.

Physical Description:

36, 13 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 53

OCLC Numbers:

154724705