Duckworth, Allen, Papers 1944-1962

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Ramsey, Benjamin, 1903-1985

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Blakely, William Arvis, 1898-1976

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Ross, Andrew Jackson, 1905-1989

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Clark, Thomas C., 1899-1977

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Duckworth, Allen, 1911-1966

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Born in Dallas, Texas, Allen Oliver Duckworth (1911-1966), was the son of Zena McEwin Duckworth, a business agent for the typographical union. He attended Highland Park High School in Dallas, where he began his career in journalism covering sports for the Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Dispatch. By 1929, Duckworth had joined the Dallas Journal as the telegraph editor. In 1938, he transferred to the Dallas Morning News as an assistant city editor, becoming the political editor in...

Duckworth, Allen O., b. c. 1911-1966

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Randolph, Frankie Carter, 1894-1972

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Political figure, of Houston, Tex.; b. Frankie Carter; married Robert D. Randolph. From the description of Frankie Carter Randolph papers, 1858-1983. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 28495923 Frankie Carter Randolph was born on January 25, 1894 in Barnum, Polk County, Texas and came from a wealthy family that had several business interests in lumber. The family moved a lot when Ms. Carter was an adolescent: first to Camden then to Houston. After finishing ...

Procter, Les

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Reedy, George E., 1917-1999

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George Edward Reedy (1917-1999) was an educator, author, and lecturer. He was a staff consultant to the armed services preparedness subcommittee in the U.S. Senate from 1951 to 1952; staff director of the minority policy committee in the Senate from 1953 to 1954; and staff director of the majority policy committee in the Senate from 1955 to 1960. He served as a special assistant to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1963; press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson from 1964 to 1965; ...