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Waggoner Carr | |
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| 42nd Attorney General of Texas | |
| In office 1963–1967 | |
| Governor | John Connally |
| Preceded by | Will Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Crawford Martin |
| Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives | |
| In office January 8, 1957 – January 10, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Jim T. Lindsey |
| Succeeded by | Jimmy Turman |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 119th district | |
| In office January 9, 1951 – January 10, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Preston Smith |
| Succeeded by | J. Collier Adams |
| County attorney of Lubbock County, Texas | |
| In office 1949–1951 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vincent Waggoner Carr October 1, 1918 Fairlie, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | February 25, 2004 (aged 85) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Texas State Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Ernestine Story (m. 1941) |
| Education | Texas Tech University University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Attorney, author |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Unit | Army Air Forces |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Vincent Waggoner Carr (October 1, 1918 – February 25, 2004) was an American politician who served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1957 to 1961 and as the attorney general of Texas from 1963 to 1967.
Carr was the Texan attorney general when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, having had breakfast with him the morning of his killing.[1] Carr was scheduled to give a speech in Dumas that day but owing to the assassination he had to cancel it and flew to Austin in case his assistance was needed.[2] He travelled to Washington to attend Kennedy's funeral and while here communicated his willingness to convene a court of inquiry about the "Oswald case". President Lyndon B. Johnson's aide Cliff Carter told the president that such an inquiry "could be used to clear up any question about the Oswald case in Dallas. He [Carr] said the FBI could conduct this hearing through him in any manner they cared to to complete the record on Oswald". Johnson thought this was a good idea, but suggested that Carr should announce the inquiry without any mention of White House requests.[3] Johnson spoke to the director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, who agreed to the proposal.[4] Ultimately the inquiry never occurred as Johnson decided to convene a presidential commission, that would later be known as the Warren Commission, to produce a report on the assassination.[3]
References
- ↑ "Former Texas AG Dies of Cancer". Observer-Reporter. February 27, 2004.
- ↑ Westbrook, Ray. "Waggoner and Robert Carr had differing theories about Kennedy assassination". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
- 1 2 "Warren Commission Born Out of Fear". The Washington Post. November 13, 1993.
- ↑ Beschloss, Michael R., ed. (1998). Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes 1963 1964. Simon & Schuster. p. 32.
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