Interview with Judge Ed Gossett, judge of the Criminal District Court in Dallas, Texas. In the first interview, Gossett discusses his childhood in Louisana and Texas, his undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin, his time as a lawyer and as district attorney for the 46th judicial district, and his election to Congress in 1938. The second interview includes Gossett's discussion of his tenure as a Congressman.
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Main Title:
Oral History Interviews with Ed Gossett, June-August 1969
Added Title:
Oral History Interview with Ed Gossett, June 27, 1969
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Oral History Interview with Ed Gossett, August 1, 1969
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Interview with Judge Ed Gossett, judge of the Criminal District Court in Dallas, Texas. In the first interview, Gossett discusses his childhood in Louisana and Texas, his undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin, his time as a lawyer and as district attorney for the 46th judicial district, and his election to Congress in 1938. The second interview includes Gossett's discussion of his tenure as a Congressman.
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32 p. ; 28 cm.
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Summary: Interview with Ed Gossett concerning his experiences as an attorney, federal judge, and former U.S. Congressman from Wichita Falls, Texas from 1938-1951. Gossett discusses his early law career, his unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 1936, his successful campaign for Congress in 1938 against ardent pro-New Dealer W. D. McFarlane, the New Deal, his personal political philosophy, congressional committees, the inner-workings of Congress, his views on immigration, and Franklin Roosevelt and Sam Rayburn.
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Kamp, H. W. & Gossett, Ed Lee, 1902-1990.Oral History Interviews with Ed Gossett, June-August 1969,
book,
1969-06/1969-08;
Denton, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529168/:
accessed July 16, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Oral History Program.