Oral history transcript, Homer Thornberry, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Homer Thornberry, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

43

Description:

Sam Ealy Johnson; getting to know LBJ when LBJ was NYA Administrator; LBJ’s involvement with local (Austin) issues as a senator; how LBJ helped Thornberry as a junior congressman; Rayburn’s 'Board of Education' sessions; the 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns; Senators Kefauver and Kennedy for the vice-president; LBJ’s first heart attack and recovery; Senator Ralph Yarborough; LBJ to running for vice-presidency; JFK; opportunities for Thornberry to become a federal judge; limitations in the role of vice-president; being named district judge; the assassination of JFK and following events; the JFK/LBJ transition; Thornberry’s transition from Congressman to federal judge; being named to the court of appeals; integration of the Travis County Bar Association; LBJ’s sense of propriety in discussing legal/political matters with Thornberry; education for the deaf; being nominated to the Supreme Court; LBJ not running for re-election; LBJ’s retirement.

Contributor:

Thornberry, Homer, 1909-

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 Homer Thornberry

Subject:

Assassinations; National Youth Administration (U.S.)

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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