Beauford H. Jester (born January 12, 1893 in Corsicana, Texas; died July 11, 1949 in Houston, Texas) succeeded Coke R. Stevenson as the thirty-sixth Governor of Texas, serving between January 21, 1947 and January 11, 1949. Following the end of Jester's term as Governor, Allan Shivers (born Robert Allan Shivers on October 5, 1907 in Lufkin, Texas; died January 14, 1985 in Austin, Texas) became the thirty-seventh Governor of Texas, serving between July 11, 1949 and January 15, 1957.
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