Oral history transcript, Roland Boyd, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Dave McNeely

Title:

Oral history transcript, Roland Boyd, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Dave McNeely

Number of Pages:

44

Description:

Boyd's political career, starting in the 1930s; how Boyd came to work for Sam Rayburn; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate election; the 1948 Texas Democratic Convention in Fort Worth and Coke Stevenson's defeat in the primary; Sam Rayburn's relationship with Coke Stevenson; President Truman's Texas visit; Boyd's opinion of LBJ; Rayburn's relationship with LBJ; comparing Rayburn to LBJ; Rayburn's conflict with people in the oil industry; Boyd's 1959 LBJ visit to the LBJ Ranch where LBJ asked for support in his bid to become the presidential nominee; the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles and Rayburn's involvement in the decision to choose LBJ as JFK's running mate; Rayburn's death; opposition to LBJ accepting the vice presidential nomination; Lady Bird Johnson being spat on at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas; the 1952 presidential campaign; LBJ's career in the 1950s; Allan Shivers and his relationship with Rayburn; Rayburn turning down the vice presidential nomination in 1944 and how it related to Harry Truman becoming president; LBJ's 1956 victory over Allan Shivers for control of the Texas delegation to the Democratic National Convention; U.S. Senator Bill Blakely; LBJ's use of district managers to organize his campaigns; Estes Kefauver's criticism that Sam Rayburn took advantage of his power as speaker of the House of Representatives; Rayburn's support for Frank Ikard as the 1956 Texas delegate to the DNC; the relationship between LBJ and Ralph Yarborough; LBJ's satisfaction with his role as vice president; LBJ bringing Mexican comedian, Cantinflas, to San Antonio to support Henry B. Gonzalez' 1961 congressional election; LBJ's relationship with John Connally; Boyd's relationship with lawyer, Kent Hance.

Contributor:

Boyd, Roland

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Roland Boyd

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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