Emmette Redford was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended Midland College, Midland, Texas

Midland, Texas

Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County. As of 2010, the population of Midland was 111,147. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas...

 and to Southwest Texas State Teachers College, finally graduating from The University of Texas at Austin. He received a Ph.D. in government from Harvard in 1933.

During World War II, he worked for four years in the Office of Price Administration.

He became a full professor at the University of Texas in 1939 and the Ashbel Smith Professor of Government in 1963. When the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs was founded, he became the Ashbel Smith Professor of Government and Public Affairs in 1970.

He edited a 13 volume history of the Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

Administration.

Publications

• Democracy in the Administrative State
• American Government and the Economy

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