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… TO NORTH DAKOTA GOV. WILLIAM GUY; PLANS FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN TRIP; CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN TEXAS …
Presidential Biographies
… General John Y. Mason (1845–1846) Postmaster General Cave Johnson (1845–1849) Secretary of the Treasury Robert J. …
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… Harrison, John Tyler, James Polk, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses Grant. Notably, four of the first five … These policies were possible because of President Andrew Johnson’s approach to Reconstruction. 34 Lincoln’s first vice …
Before the Civil War, many US presidents owned enslaved people, and all of them had to deal with slavery as a political issue
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… [Harry S.] Truman and [John F.] Kennedy and [Lyndon B.] Johnson libraries. The second thing is just a voice … was breaking trail as an elected official, close to Lyndon Johnson, close to the Kennedys. There was also the more … politicians, the party was not open to them in the Lyndon Johnson/John Connally era and before that. Mejicanos were …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… [Elementary and Secondary Education Act] to be. Lyndon Johnson’s people tended to focus almost entirely on sending … are the children learning? It’s great. He’d say to the Johnson Health, Education and Welfare people (I guess it was …
Presidential Recordings
… FOR HIS BIRTHDAY, THANKS HIM FOR PHOTO OF LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LBJ TELLS SMITH THAT SHE SHOULD GET COPY OF PHOTO OF …
Presidential Biographies
… assassination, Stanton remained as new President Andrew Johnson’s secretary of war, but the two ultimately clashed. … the President’s views on Reconstruction, sought to thwart Johnson’s plan and passed the Tenure of Office Act, which …
Presidential Speeches
… President Johnson begins his State of the Union address by asserting … of emerging nations and those threatened by communism. Johnson presents an explanation for U.S. presence in Vietnam, …
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… May 1, 1964, the Baltimore Sun had reported that President Johnson "dressed down" Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (the … Senate civil rights bill) for suggesting that President Johnson might be willing to accept amendments to the version … Sun indicated that upon hearing of Humphrey's comments, Johnson called the senator and gave him "unshirted hell." …
Presidential Recordings
… RANCH ON 11/22/64, SUGGESTS LBJ CALL CARL SANDERS; LUCI JOHNSON'S REMARKS ABOUT LOSING GEORGIA …
Presidential Recordings
… LBJ TEASES HHH ABOUT HIS TRIP TO FLORIDA; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO NEW YORK; HHH SAYS HE WILL VISIT CAPE …
Presidential Biographies
… First Lady Angelica Van Buren Vice President Richard M. Johnson (1837–1841) Secretary of State John Forsyth …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… very much on the front pages. President [Lyndon Baines] Johnson, as we said, had had the crime commission, and it had … of the Safe Streets Act, which was the follow-up on the Johnson crime bill, which had all of the anti-civil liberties … almost ten years, with [John F.] Kennedy and [Lyndon B.] Johnson, of Democratic rule. It was a shot across the bow to …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… anybody’s compliance. Feinberg Unless your name is Lyndon Johnson. Young Well, yes, but even then, he proved himself in … when you say that you can’t command in the Senate, Lyndon Johnson is unique. Young In the old Senate, I guess. Can you … time; Jack B. Weinstein, appointed to the Federal bench by Johnson, at Bobby Kennedy’s request, down from Brooklyn; …
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… This excerpt from a lengthy conversation between President Johnson and Georgia Senator Richard Russell highlights the serious early concerns about Vietnam prevalent among Johnson and his close advisers. Russell, a longtime Johnson … the People's Republic of China. Russell also took note of Johnson's reference to Texas hero Ben Milam. A soldier and …
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… in South Vietnam two days earlier encouraged criticism of Johnson's foreign policy. Irritated by reports in the press … earlier calls, on January 6 and January 10, had covered Johnson's thinking about the budget, the Panama crisis, and …
Presidential Recordings
… G. Scowcroft -Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule -Lyndon B. Johnson’s death -Kissinger’s schedule -Delay …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… had been in the White House. He’d been on the [Lyndon B.] Johnson staff and knew something about what was happening. I … Joe’s problems was that his White House experience in the Johnson administration caused him to be so distrustful that … Carter was more conservative than John Kennedy or Lyndon Johnson. You know Lyndon Johnson was a very conservative …
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… never even try to remove such officers. President Andrew Johnson as photographed by Mathew Brady During … Congress sought to restrain President Andrew Johnson’s authority over the military bureaucracy. Because …
American history is likewise littered with examples of Congress pushing back against executive overreach.
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… an insurance salesmen had testified that he had given Johnson a kickback-a hi-fi stereo set-in exchange for Johnson purchasing a life insurance policy from him. The full conversation offers a sense of Johnson's relationship with his closest advisers, some of the …