allan_shivers | office (workedat workedas) | 'member of the texas state senate from district 4 (port arthur)' <tsp> allan_shivers | successor | ben_ramsey <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 part of the texas state senate district 4 for port arthur. ben ramsey succeeded him.he was the lieutenant governor of texas state 4 from 1907 to 1985