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Roosevelt Democrats tighten grip on Texas party structure
The September Texas state convention purged anti-Roosevelt electors and pledged all candidates to Roosevelt Truman. It named a pro Roosevelt executive committee, ordered replacing May convention electors, and prepared for possible court battles over the elector slate while endorsing Connally Rayburn and Stevenson.
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Dallas
Texas
Roosevelt
Truman
Cio-New Deal
Friends of Constitutional
Germany
Dallas News
Amarillo
Cochran
Jim Oakes
Executive Committee
Ebb
Globe News
Allred
Tom Connally
Sam Rayburn
Coke R. Stevenson
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Mittee
Driscoll
Seay
Myron G. Blaylock
Harry 8. Seay
George A. Butler
Houston
Fannie Campbell Womack
Palestine
Frank O. Martin
Waxahachie
W. H. Kittrell, Jr
Charles E. Simons
Austin
Alfred Taylor
Clara Driscoll
Corpus Christi
H. H. Weinert
Seguin
Weinert