very same corrupt counties which aided Johnson in 1948. In one Texas gubernatorial primary, Stevenson obtained 3,310 votes in the notorious Duval County while five of his rivals split the remaining 17 votes that were tallied. In another such primary, an opponent of Stevenson won a south Texas county by a vote of 3000 to five, and then lost to Stevenson by exactly the same margin in the ensuing runoff because of a dispute with the county's political boss. Caro responded to these criticisms in an essay in the New York Times Book Review of February 2, 1991. This essay also appeared as an afterword to the paperback edition of Means of Ascent. See also Conservative Democrat Box 13 scandal References External links Historic photographs of Coke R. Stevenson, hosted by the Portal to Texas History Tex. Legis. Council, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature: 1846-2016 (2016) 1888 births 1975 deaths Democratic Party governors of Texas Lieutenant Governors of Texas Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives County district attorneys in Texas Texas lawyers Ranchers from Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks 20th-century American politicians People from Mason County, Texas People from Junction, Texas 20th-century American lawyers Old Right (United States)