Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 9
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Allred
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father was a district attorney at Hamilton, Texas. And then her
father, the late Claude Miller, who, was raised in Hamilton, went
to Oklahoma. He was the delegate to the statehood convention in
Oklahoma--was very active politically there. He was instrumental
in helping get the capitol moved to Oklahoma City and having several
new counties formed out of what was a very large county. He went
to the first Democratic convention in Oklahoma, and stood up on a
chair and shouted everyone else down and nominated his man for
Congress and the man served for about twenty years. I am sorry I
don't remember his name. Then Mr. Miller, my grandfather, moved
to Wichita Falls, in 1919. He served on the city council here in
Wichita Falls. Then, of course, there was Dad's career in public
life. So I figure I am fourth generation in public service, and
I deliberately choose the word "service."
And to me this means something in two ways. One way is that
I think everybody ought to do public service where they can, and
how they can...not necessarily political public service but
volunteer work or something similar. And the other thing is, I
am kind of an amateur historian and it means something to me to
be a fourth generation in this along with the fact that if my son
or daughter decide to go into politics they can be fifth-generation.
I am not going to try to push them into that direction, but if they
have a leaning and want to try it, well power to them. In addition
I think that there is a certain amount of prestige that goes with
the office, although you get your feeling of prestige pushed downpretty much, sometimes. I mean, most people don't know what office
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Kamp, H. W. & Allred, David. Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967, book, November 20, 1968; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223569/m1/10/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.