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Robert Allan Shivers (US: / ʃ ɪ v. ər ʒ /; October 5, 1907 – January 14, 1985) was an American politician who served as the 37th governor of Texas. Shivers was a leader of the Texas Democratic Party during the turbulent 1940s and 1950s and developed the lieutenant governor's post into an extremely powerful perch in the state government.
Robert Allan Shivers (1907-1985), governor of Texas, was born on October 5, 1907, in Lufkin, Texas, the son of Robert Andrew and Easter (Creasy) Shivers, and spent his early childhood at Magnolia Hills, the family home near Woodville.
Jan 15, 1985 · Allan Shivers, who was Governor of Texas from 1949 to 1957, longer than any other chief executive of the state, died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 77 years old and lived in Austin.
After his departure, Texas Attorney General Shepperd and the new Governor, Price Daniel, continued his policies on segregation. During the 1957 Little Rock Crisis, Shivers visited President Eisenhower and Attorney General Brownell at the president’s vacation home in Newport, Rhode Island.
Allan Shivers and the Mansfield Crisis. This museum explores the history of the 1956 fight over desegregation at Mansfield High School.<br /> <br /> During the 1950s, Texas was an epicenter for the national civil rights movement. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its famous Brown v.
Jan 15, 1985 · Allan Shivers, governor of Texas from 1949 to 1957 and later chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents, died Monday in an Austin hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Jan 1, 2001 · Allan Shivers, governor of Texas, was born on October 5, 1907, in Lufkin, Texas, the son of Robert Andrew and Easter (Creasy) Shivers, and spent his early childhood at Magnolia Hills, the family home near Woodville.
