He won the governorship in the Democratic primary in a run-off election in 1946 by defeating Homer Rainey, who had been discharged by the regents as the president of the University of Texas at Austin in 1944 in a dispute over academic freedom.
Homer Rainey - (January 19, 1896 – December 19, 1985) Former University of Texas president - (1939-1944), graduate of Lovelady High School class of 1913.
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