[VOA]

Also, when LBJ stole his first Senate election near Kingsville,
Tx in 1948, Hammer was sent alone to break up a riot .
He must have been one tough son-of-a-gun.

Hence the term...
One Riot, One Ranger

[pugdog]

Hammer ambushed B & C near Vidalia, Louisiana. The father who supposedly told Hammer where B & C would be, was played by one of the best character actors ever: Dub Taylor. His boy, Buck Taylor was a regular on “Gunsmoke”.