This Week in Texas History
Allen Shivers joined Dwight Eisenhower on Oct. 14, 1952 for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Alamo. This unprecedented show of support by the Democratic governor for the Republican presidential nominee crushed any hope Adlai Stevenson had of carrying the Lone Star State.As early as 1943, in the middle of World War II, both the Democratic and Republican parties approached Gen. Eisenhower a...