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Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- III -- 3 So Taft and Lyndon--you see, they [the Republican and Democrats in the Senate] were 47 and 47, but Taft was just defeated by one vote, because Nixon
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • them. you, all of you, get out. shoulder. I'm going to run." Hell, I ran, of course. straight to KVET. we put it on there. The rest of He patted me on the I got out of there and went Stuart Long was broadcasting the news for KVET
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 8 (VIII), 10/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . G.O.P.; [he was] called that throughout the nation at the time. And of course Eisenhower came in at the last to be with them, with the help of Nixon double-crossing Earl Warren. know whether you're familiar with that one or not. I don't But, anyhow
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 10 (X), 3/31/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • or the second night after that, Richard Nixon gave a party for the leaders of Congress, Taft and Lyndon, or Styles Bridges and Lyndon. I think Styles Bridges was leader before he quit and Taft came, and then Lyndon as Democratic leader--that kind of a deal
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)