Oral history transcript, John Holton, interview 1 (I), 6/19/1975, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, John Holton, interview 1 (I), 6/19/1975, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

26

Description:

Biographical information; Holton's early jobs in Sam Rayburn's office, the House Office Building, and the Washington, D.C., police department; Rayburn's 1956 support for LBJ as favorite son presidential candidate and chairman of the Texas delegation to the Democratic National Convention; the "Board of Education" and how it worked; Rayburn's and LBJ's views on the Landrum-Griffin labor bill; a 1961 House Rules Committee argument between Rayburn and Howard Smith; Rayburn's relationship with his constituents and his time spent in Texas; comparing the political philosophies and methods of LBJ and Rayburn; LBJ's and Rayburn's work on the 1957 civil rights bill; Rayburn's involvement in Dr. Walter Splawn's appointment to the Interstate Commerce Commission; Rayburn's relationship with Eugene Cox; Rayburn's relationship with people in the oil and gas industry; Holton's involvement in the 1960 and 1964 presidential campaigns; Rayburn's involvement in LBJ accepting the vice presidential nomination in 1960; Robert Kennedy's opposition to LBJ's vice presidential nomination; LBJ as a campaigner; Rayburn's death; the father-son relationship between LBJ and Rayburn.

Contributor:

Holton, John Watson, 1917-1997

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 John Holton

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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