Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb

Title:

Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb

Number of Pages:

46

Description:

Home congressional office facilities; family background; father's county school superintendent campaign; 1928 Democratic convention in Houston; college education data; 1936 race for state representative; introduction to LBJ in 1936; 1938 campaign for Congress; Washington visits with LBJ in 1938; FDR-LBJ relationship; legislation for terminal leave for enlisted men; Truman campaign in Texas; member of US Customs Court; Sam Rayburn-LBJ relationship; JFK assassination; agriculture and farm problems; role of Lady Johnson in LBJ's career

Contributor:

Beckworth, Lindley

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Lindley Beckworth

Subject:

Assassinations; JFK Assassination; Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details