allan_shivers | office (workedat, workedas) | member of the texas state senate from district 4 (port arthur) <tsp> allan_shivers | successor | wilfred_r_cousins,_jr <sep> robert allan shivers (us: ; 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 
allan shivers was a part of the texas state senate district 4 for port arthur. wilfred r. cousins. jr. succeeded him.he was the lieutenant governor of texas state 4 from 1907 to 1985