Relationship with Coke Stevenson; Stevenson’s background; Stevenson’s 1938 campaign for lieutenant governor; campaigns for governor; Stevenson and the Fergusons; W. Lee O’Daniel and his relationship with the Stevensons; Homer Rainey; Stevenson’s relationship with George Parr before the 1948 election; break between Stevenson and Parr; Stevenson’s opinion of LBJ; Stevenson as a campaigner and as a man; decision to run for Senate in 1948; LBJ and Stevenson and the campaign issues; Stevenson and labor support; States’ Rights Party; Stevenson and the press; the 1948 campaign; George Peddy votes; election controversy; Murphey’s election as sergeant at arms; Stevenson’s attitude about the decision on the election.