Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

10

Description:

Election to Congress in 1948; Sam Rayburn; Homer Thornberry; Johnson-Rayburn relationship; early relationship with LBJ; Drew Pearson; support of LBJ over Shivers in 1956; selection of Mrs. Bentsen as committeewoman; Secretary for the Committee for Kennedy/Johnson in Houst 1960; 1964 Senate election against Ralph Yarborough; personal vs. political friend to LBJ; 1970 Senate election against Yarborough; advice from LBJ; LBJ's retirement

Contributor:

Bentsen, Lloyd, 1921-

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 Lloyd Bentsen, Jr.

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Lloyd Bentsen, Jr.

Interviewer(s):

Michael L. Gillette

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-bentsenl-19750618-1-76-11

Date:

1975-06-18

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-bentsenl-19750618-1-76-11