The year was 1923, when a young man from Bowie Texas was appointed to an unexpired term as district attorney of the Thirtieth Texas District. James V Allred (V was a name, not an initial.), eagerly took this assignment possibly knowing that it would become the foundation of his political career. His background was that of the average Texan of the time, born: March 29, 1899, in Bowie Texas. He enrolled in Rice Institute now Rice University, in 1917 …showed first 75 words of 1663 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1663 total…References Barta, D. (2000, Winter). Portrait of Judge Sarah T. Hughes. Retrieved February 19, 2003, from University of North Texas Web site: http://www.library.unt.edu/archives/hughes/biograph.htm Texas State Library. (1999, Summer). Texas Governors. Retrieved February 19, 2003, from http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/governors/personality/page2.html#Allred Daily Events Dallas Texas. (December 29, 1935) Dallas Times Herald, pp. 10-11 Texas Archival Resources Online (2002) TARO Retrieved February 19, 2003, from http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/60001/tsl-60001.html