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Boyd, Roland (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Sam Rayburn's campaign manager for Collin County and assistant 1942-1961; campaign worker for LBJ in the 1940s through the 1960s
Meyer, George (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Donor of materials related to LBJ and people associated with him including Sam Rayburn, Creekmore Fath, and Chilton O’Brien
Holton, John Watson, 1917-1997 (Item)
  • Bio: John Watson Holton (b. September 9, 1917, Brownwood, Texas-d. December 27, 1997, Durham, North Carolina), lawyer, was the former administrative assistant to two speakers of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn and John McCormack. After his
  • LBJ Connection: Administrative assistant to Speakers of the House, Sam Rayburn and John McCormack
Hardeman, D. Barnard, Jr., 1914-1981 (Item)
  • and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He served in the 52nd and 54th Legislatures representing Grayson and Collin counties in the Texas House of Representatives. Between 1958 and 1961, he worked as an assistant to Sam Rayburn, U.S. Speaker
  • LBJ Connection: Research Assistant to Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; Administrative assistant to U.S. Congressman Hale Boggs; Member of President Johnson's "5 O'Clock Club"
Swift, Roy Lee, 1911-1995 (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Donor of speech by Sam Rayburn to 1960 Democratic National Convention nominating LBJ as candidate for President
Erb, Paul Ross, 1953 (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Donor of Sam Rayburn stamp sent by LBj to Judge John Stafford
Roberts, Ray, 1913-1992 (Item)
  • of Texas. He served in the United States Navy, 1942-1945, and United States Naval Reserve. Roberts was on the staff of Speaker Sam Rayburn of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1941 to 1942, and a member of the Texas State Senate from 1955 to 1961
Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987 (Item)
  • in soliciting the aid of the two most influential Texan Democrats on Capitol Hill in the 1950s, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson. Harlow quickly became a vital staff member in the Eisenhower White House. Harlow became
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 (Item)
  • for President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention by Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; he was nominated Vice President by acclamation on July 14. On November 6, 1960 he was elected Vice President of the United States on the ticket