JamesVAllred, Texas jurist and governor, was born in Bowie, Texas, on March 29, 1899, son of Renne and Mary (Henson) Allred, Sr.
Allred believed that sufficient state revenue should be raised by a more equitable system of property valuation and a more efficient use of existing revenues, rather than by increased general taxation.
Late in Allred's second term as governor, his nomination by President Roosevelt to a federal district judgeship was confirmed, and upon the completion of his gubernatorial term, he assumed his position on the bench.
GOVERNOR JAMESV. A man equal to the burdens of a troubled era in Texas was JamesV. Allred, who was first elected governor in the crime-plagued and Depression-sad year of 1934.
JamesV. Allred was born in Bowie, Texas, March 29, 1899.
Jimmie Allred finished high school and business college, and entered Rice Institute, where free tuition was provided for the bright youth of Texas; but free tuition is not quite enough to keep a good mind functioning in a healthy body, and as a late teenager with a good appetite, this youth had to drop out.
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