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  • Series > Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories (remove)
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  • Date > 1969-04-18 (remove)

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  • : That's right. So I had a background in politics. I ran for Congress in '54 and I kept the district--because it has a strong Democratic registration--and I managed to be reelected four times, and always with pretty good margins. So I had some leeway. I
  • and Public Buildings and Grounds. You first cace to the U.S. Congress as a representative in 1959 when Hm.Jaii became the 50th state in the union and served on the Agricultural Committee. From 1958 to 1959 you served in the Hawaian Territorial Senate
  • Subjc c t(s) covered time on tape - 9 .Johnson never could rccogn i.zc that he was no longer the Senator from Texas but the Vici? President of the U. 11 The Kennedy family and staff was treated very syr:ipathet by Johnsun 12 . Transition; Kenney