Biographical Timeline
James V Burr Allred

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• 1890
  Born, Bowie, Texas. Son of Renne and Marie Magdalone Henson Allred

• 1917
  Graduated from Bowie High School

• 1918
  Rice Institute, Houston, Texas (1 semester)

• 1918-1919
  United States Navy

• 1921
  LLB Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee

• 1921-1926
  Practiced law, Wichita Falls, Texas

• 1923-1925
  District Attorney, Wichita Falls, Archer and Young counties

• 1926
  Candidate for Attorney General of Texas

• 1926-1930
  Practiced law in Wichita Falls, Texas

• 1927
  Married Joe Betsy Miller of Wichita Falls, Texas

• 1931-1934
  Attorney General of the state of Texas

• 1935-1939
  Governor of Texas (2 terms)

• 1939-1942
  Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas

• 1942
  Sought Democratic nomination to United States Senate

• 1942-1949
  Practiced Law, Houston, Texas

• 1949-1959
  Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas

• 1959
  Died in Laredo, Texas, and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Texas