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	Shivercrats information - Search.com
		The Shivercrats were a conservative faction of the Democratic Party in Texas in the 1950s.
		President Lyndon Johnson at first aligned himself with the Shivercrats (including John Connally), but after becoming president Johnson increasingly sided with Yarborough and the liberals on policy matters.
		Most of the Shivercrats either left public life or became Republicans after Johnson's presidency, as the liberal-moderate faction was in firm control of the state party after 1970.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Shivercrats (215 words)

	The Ultimate Shivercrats - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The term was first used derisively by party liberals, who attacked Shivers and his allies in the party for backing Republican Dwight Eisenhower over the national party's chosen candidate Adlai Stevenson in 1952.
		President Lyndon Johnson at first aligned himself with the Shivercrats (including John Connally), but after becoming president Johnson increasingly sided with Yarborough and the liberals on policy matters.
		Most of the Shivercrats either left public life or became Republicans after Johnson's presidency, as the liberal-moderate faction was in firm control of the state party after 1970.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Shivercrats (180 words)

	ralph yarborough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Out of spite, Ralph Yarborough then ran in the primaries for governor in 1952 and 1954 against the conservative Shivers, drawing support from labor unions and liberals.
		Yarborough denounced the corrupt "Shivercrats" for veterans' fraud in the General Land Office and for endorsing the Republican Eisenhower/Nixon ticket for President instead of Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1952.
		Shivers portrayed Yarborough as an integrationist supported by communist labor unions.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Ralph_Yarborough.html (1582 words)

	GregsOpinion.com: Looking Left on Texas History
		Given the ability to now draw districts that are all but guaranteed to vote for one party or another, that particular ability is a rather intriguing tale.
		Richards starts off early painting the difference between the "real" Democrats and the Shivercrats who vote in the Dem primaries and then vote for GOP candidates even back in the 50s and 60s.
		The numbers are shown for participation in the primaries and then compared to the outcome on Gov races in the same year to demonstrate this and no doubt underscores that yes, there was a need at the time to rid the Democratic party of GOP voters.
	www.gregsopinion.com /archives/004015.html (1170 words)

	The Harvard Crimson Online :: News
		Two Texans on the executive board decided they could not support Stevenson.
		There was no reason whatsoever that a group formed to back the Democratic party should allow a minority of Shivercrats to use either the group's name or funds.
		By rather devious means, the minority spent roughly $60 on a beer party, an advertisement, and a pamphlet disparaging the Democratic party.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=484192 (374 words)

	Cadillac Dallas
		As a U.S. senator, he was hired as an assistant Texas attorney general in 1938 against the Mid-Kansas Oil and Gas Company for oil royalties, the second largest judgement ever in Texas at the time.
		Yarborough denounced the corrupt "Shivercrats" for veterans' fraud in the Democratic party primaries.
		The Democratic primaries would be heated battles between the conservative wing (pre-presidency LBJ, Gov. Shivers, John Connally) and the Voting Rights Act).
	ma59.macaw-tools.com /cadillacdallas.html (1240 words)

	Burnt Orange Report::: A Letter from Boyd Richie to BOR Readers
		When I was ten years old my father had me and my siblings knocking doors and block walking for Ralph Yarborough in his races for governor.
		Those were in the days of Allen Shivers and the Shivercrats when politicians could file to run in both party primaries.
		Ralph Yarborough was so progressive that many people believed that he was a “fifth columnist” sympathizer.
	www.burntorangereport.com /showComment.do?commentId=3831 (249 words)

	Ralph Yarborough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Out of spite, Ralph Yarborough then ran in the primaries forgovernor in 1952 and 1954 against the conservativeShivers, drawing support from labor unions and liberals.
		Yarborough denounced the corrupt "Shivercrats" for veterans' fraud inthe General Land Office and for endorsing the Republican Eisenhower/Nixon ticket for President instead of Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1952.
		Shivers portrayed Yarborough as an integrationistsupported by communist labor unions.
	www.therfcc.org /ralph-yarborough-66478.html (1473 words)

	Texas Governor Allan Shivers
		Over this issue Shivers bolted the Democratic Party in the presidential election of 1952 and supported Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower because Ike pledged to sign quit-claim legislation turning control of Texas' tidelands over to the state.
		Democrats who followed Shivers to vote for Eisenhower were known as "Shivercrats."
		Shivers later served as president of the United States Chamber of Commerce and chaired the Board of Regents for the University of Texas.
	www.texasescapes.com /DEPARTMENTS/Guest_Columnists/East_Texas_all_things_historical/AllanShivers112600McDonald.htm (477 words)

	Ralph Yarborough Biography
		Out of spite, Ralph Yarborough then ran in the primaries for governor in 1952 and 1954 against the conservative Shivers, drawing support from labor unions and liberals.
		Yarborough denounced the corrupt "Shivercrats" for veterans' fraud in the General Land Office and for endorsing the Republican Eisenhower/Nixon ticket for President instead of Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1952.
		Shivers portrayed Yarborough as an integrationist supported by communist labor unions.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Yarborough_Ralph.html (1538 words)

	Discount Once upon a Time in Texas: A Liberal in the Lone Star State (Focus on American History Series) for sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For other Texas tricks, read Richards' book, and prepare to hire good counsel, or give otiose assent to the current winners.
		It provides a overview of the politics in Texas from the time of the "Shivercrats" in the 50's through the upheaval of campus protests in the 60's to the current landscape where Republicans occupy the majority of statewide offices.
		The author is an attorney who was engaged over his career in Texas in a number of lawsuits seeking equity in voting rights for minorities and in funding among public schools, among other social justice issues.
	biography-books.net /pub/0292771185.html (928 words)

	Ralph Yarborough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Out of spite Yarborough then ran in the primaries for in 1952 and 1954 against the conservative Shivers drawing support labor unions and liberals.
		Yarborough denounced the "Shivercrats" for veterans' fraud in the General Office and for endorsing the Republican Eisenhower/Nixon for President instead of Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1952.
		Shivers portrayed Yarborough as integrationist supported by communist labor unions.
	www.freeglossary.com /Ralph_Yarborough (1686 words)

	Texas State Attorney
		On November 6, 1528 shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca became the Tennessee Titans.
		Yarborough denounced the corrupt "Shivercrats" for veterans' fraud in the United States.
		Ralp Yarborough was an expert in Texas atmosphere and lore, and a dazzling portrait of the Capitol in Austin.
	lawyerhouston.2vv1.com /texasstateattorney.html (945 words)

	Cadillac Dallas
		As a U.S. senator, he was hired as an integrationist supported by communist labor unions.
		Yarborough took classes at Sam Houston State Teachers College and worked his way into the University of Texas Law School in 1927 and practiced law in El Paso, Texas until he was a leader of the Democratic Party.
		Yarborough became famous for a million dollar judgement against the stting Lt. Governor.
	cn64.mcgreevey97.com /cadillacdallas.html (1164 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Later that year the state Democratic executive committee, following the lead of Democratic governor Allan Shivers, endorsed the Republican nominee for president, Dwight Eisenhower.
		Randolph then became a leader of the "loyal Democrats" who opposed the influence of the "Shivercrats" and sought to commit Texas Democrats to support of their party's national nominees.
		She later helped form the Democrats of Texas, which fought with the state Democratic executive committee for the balance of the decade.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/RR/fra34.html (762 words)

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		For other Texas tricks, read Richards' book, and prepare to hire good counsel, or give otiose assent to the current winners.
		It provides a overview of the politics in Texas from the time of the "Shivercrats" in the 50's through the upheaval of campus protests in the 60's to the current landscape where Republicans occupy the majority of statewide offices.
		The author is an attorney who was engaged over his career in Texas in a number of lawsuits seeking equity in voting rights for minorities and in funding among public schools, among other social justice issues.
	www.financial-book-review.com /Strong-Currency/Subject/Subject_54.html (4796 words)

	Odessa College - GOVT2306 - Lecture Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1952 the Republican state party convention also nominated Shivers and most statewide Democratic candidates as the Republican Party's nominees
		This group of Democrats became known as the "Shivercrats"
		Thus, the 1952 presidential election broke the tradition of voting a straight Democratic party ticket and established the practice of supporting Republican presidential candidates while supporting Democrats for state and local offices
	www.odessa.edu /dept/govt/dille/2306fall/lectures/unit4.htm (2957 words)

	Truman Library - James I. Loeb Oral History Interview, June 27, 1970
		Maury Maverick, I must say, was a great man in this way.
		He had two letters from Harry Truman, one very brief one, and one longer one, in which the President encouraged him to defeat the "Shivercrats," as he called them, and to bring an independent delegation which would maintain a loyalty to the candidates of the convention, whoever they might be.
		I think Dick Neustadt showed me the letters; I'm not sure, anyway, I saw the letters.
	www.trumanlibrary.org /oralhist/loeb2.htm (17230 words)

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