House of Representatives Papers. 1900 - 1974. Materials Relating to Congressional Committees and Legislative Matters

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House of Representatives Papers. 1900 - 1974. Materials Relating to Congressional Committees and Legislative Matters

1938-1948

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7614392

This series pertains to Lyndon B. Johnson’s committee assignments in the U.S. House of Representatives. The series consists primarily of correspondence, memorandums, reports, training briefs, clippings, contracts, awards and commendations, legal briefs, speeches, itineraries, and bulletins. The correspondence includes letters between Lyndon Johnson and such notables as Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Congressman F. Edward Hebert, and Congressman Wright Patman.

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Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

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James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. He became Secretary of the Navy in May 1944 upon the death of his superior, Frank Knox. Preside...

Hébert, Felix Edward, 1901-1979

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Felix Edward Hébert (October 12, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana–d. December 29, 1979, New Orleans), also known as F. Edward Hébert, was the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana, having represented the New Orleans-based 1st congressional district as a Democrat from 1941 until his retirement in 1977. From the description of Hébert, Felix Edward, 1901-1979 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580908 ...

Patman, Wright, 1893-1976

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John William Wright Patman (1893-1976) was a U. S. Representative from Texas, serving from March 4, 1929 until his death on March 7, 1976. At various point in his congressional career, he was Chairman of the Select Committee on Small Business, the Joint Economic Committee, the Joint Committee on Defense Production, and the Committee on Banking and Currency. Before his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, he was an assistant county attorney in Cass County, Texas, a member of the Texas S...