The political aspects of the Texas tidelands controversy

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dc.contributor.advisorHill, Larry D.
dc.creatorPack, Lindsy Escoe
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-21T22:13:35Z
dc.date.available2020-08-21T22:13:35Z
dc.date.issued1979
dc.descriptionVita.en
dc.description.abstractTexans were shocked when the federal government questioned the state's title to its offshore lands. Only gradually did they realize the magnitude of the threat to their offshore lands. Texans wanted to believe that President Truman recognized the Texas claim and supported the President, even after California was sued. Only Texas had an agreement with the federal government recognizing state ownership of her public lands, which to Texans included tidelands. President Truman reinforced this sentiment during the 1948 campaign and carried Texas with little difficulty. The filing of the Texas suit in December, 1948 changed this sentiment. Many Texans felt betrayed by the Democratic administration. The threat to the tidelands was indeed real. Texas Attorney General Price Daniel believed he could successfully defend the state's claim before the Supreme Court. Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers and Land Commissioner Bascom Giles disagreed. They had little faith that the Court would respect the joint resolution of annexation and, therefore, advocated either a compromise with the federal government or another effort to enact a quitclaim bill. ...en
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dc.format.extentviii, 231 leaves ;en
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.oclc6749716
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-676214
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.digitalTexas A&M University. Libraries
dc.rightsThis thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use.en
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dc.subjectMajor historyen
dc.subjectPolitics and governmenten
dc.subjectPublic landsen
dc.subjectSubmerged landsen
dc.subject.classification1979 Dissertation P119
dc.subject.lcshSubmerged landsen
dc.subject.lcshTexasen
dc.titleThe political aspects of the Texas tidelands controversyen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.genredissertationsen
dc.type.materialtexten
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A&M Universityen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen

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