He earned money as a janitor and as an office helper. In this letter to his grandmother, Ruth Huffman Baines, right he writes, "I am enclosing a clipping from the paper which will speak for itself.
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I am not going to be the black-sheep of the family after all. In , Lyndon dropped out of school for a year to serve as principal and teach fifth, sixth, and seventh grades at Welhausen School, a Mexican-American school in the south Texas town of Cotulla. After witnessing the poverty of the children in his class, Johson wrote a letter to his mother that included this request: "I want pkg. We soon will have over in school. They are all rather small and I think they would appreciate it very much.
During his year as a teacher, he still had time to be a leader in many extracurricular activities, editing the school paper and starring on the debate team. On August 19, , Lyndon graduated with a B. In the spring of , his debate team won the district championship. Following his election to the House of Representatives in November , Congressman Richard Kleberg asked Johnson to come to Washington to work as his secretary.
Johnson held the job for over three years and learned how the Congress worked. In , Lyndon was elected speaker of the "Little Congress," an organization of congressional workers. He decided almost instantly that she should be his wife. Two months later, Lady Bird, as she was known to her friends, agreed, and on November 17, , they were married in San Antonio. They honeymooned in Xochimilco, Mexico and visited the Floating Gardens, where this snapshot right was taken.
You can read a collection of their courtship letters here.
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Johnson resigned as Secretary to Representative Kleberg to accept President Roosevelt's appointment on July 25 as the Texas Director of the National Youth Administration NYA , a Roosevelt program designed to provide vocational training for unemployed youth and part-time employment for needy students. At 26, he was the youngest state director to have filled this position. Johnson resigned as Texas Director of the National Youth Administration to enter the special election for the 10th Congressional District called after the death of Representative James P.
Nine other candidates also entered the race.
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In Congress, Johnson worked hard for rural electrification, public housing, and eliminating government waste. His work resulted in the nation's first and still largest electric cooperative Pedenales Electric Company and the first federal public housing project Austin's Santa Rita Courts. Johnson ran for the remaining term of Senator Morris Sheppard upon Sheppard's death. On June 28, he lost a hard-fought race to conservative W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel by 1, votes. In this photograph right , U. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, Johnson became the first member of Congress to volunteer for active duty in the armed forces U.
Navy , reporting for active duty on December 9, Lady Bird Johnson ran the Congressional office while he was overseas. President Roosevelt ordered all members of Congress in the armed forces to return to their offices, and Johnson was released from active duty on July 16, On March 19, the Johnsons celebrated the birth of their first daughter, Lynda Bird. After a dramatic campaign in which he traveled by "newfangled" helicopter all over Texas, Johnson defeated Coke Stevenson in the Democratic primary race to be the party's candidate for the Senate seat vacated by Senator W.
Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel. Johnson won the primary by 87 votes and earned the nickname "Landslide Lyndon. This photograph right was taken in San Angelo, Texas as Congressman Lyndon Johnson addressed the crowd from his helicopter. Lyndon Johnson. LBJ Library photo by Unknown.
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Johnson did not return to Washington and Capitol Hill until December. Johnson was nominated for President at the Democratic National Convention as a favorite son candidate. Johnson guided the passage of the first civil rights bill in 82 years, the Civil Rights Act of Right Senators celebrate Johnson's 49 th birthday. As Chairman of the Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, he began hearings on the American space program following the launch of the Russian satellite, Sputnik, on October 4.
Johnson considered the highlights of his Senate career to be the passage of the Civil Rights Act of and the vitalization of the United States space program.
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Johnson guided the passage of the first space legislation, the National Aeronautics and Space Act of President Eisenhower designated Senator Johnson to present a United States resolution to the United Nations calling for the peaceful exploration of outer space. Smith and myself, I was less than one year old. I sent this information to Austen TX and was told there was no record of the adoption. So I'm at a loss and no nothing else to do.
Her mother Sarah Elizabeth? Harmon on the? Harmon was sent to Austin TX to a state institution for the insane, where she died , I have been unable to find my grandmothers maiden name. I have her death record but it has been altered and gives only Texas as her birth place and no maiden name. So that is really the thing I need to know, my grandmother Sarah E.
Age of Adoptee when Adopted: 4 yeas old? Hixon Email Address: sandrab53 comcast. The Hixons were born in IN and Iowa. Dorise was raised a Roman Catholic so possibly her adoption was arranged through a Catholic organization. My grandmother remembered being taken to the Hixon's home by her birth mother. At the same time her birth sibling named Benjamin was adopted by another family in Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma. Even though her birthdate was my grandmother's birthday was always celebrated on Valentine's Day possibly the adoption date?
Update Dorise V. I don't know anything about her birth parents. She had a paper with her adoption info on it but that has disappeared. Her birthdate on that paper was but was on her death certificate and social security application. She was listed as white in the censuses and death certificate. I saw the adoption info once a long time ago and I only remember her birth father was listed as deceased and her birth surname started with F.
Adoptee Birth City: Galveston,? Age of Adoptee when Adopted: Between years old? All Other Information: US census gives two date of births. He was not listed on the? Adoptee Birth Date: or ? My Grandmother said she thought her birth mother was a "high society" girl of 17 years old who was impregnated by a dark handsome stranger traveling through town. My grandmother married my grandfather, Orville Alexandria Armstrong, had four children and died in Albuquerque on I have sent away for the Ancestry DNA testing kit.
Adoptee Birth Date: ? Adoptee Birth Hospital:?. Possibly St. Age of Adoptee when Adopted: Given up at birth? Email Address: kellymorrispr gmail. They lived at Munger in Dallas for more than 40 years. DNA points me to both of these people TR and Betty so my working theory is that my grandmother's birth mother, Mary Ellen, could be the mother.
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Anecdotally, I found that she had another illegitimate child in , a boy, so I know that she could have had a previous child and the dates work. I don't know how Camille Ray Hooper ended up with my grandmother. Update Sylvia Ray Hooper was 5'2" to 5'3" tall, with blonde hair. Have done DNA testing with Ancestry. All Other Information: All parties are now deceased.
Update The adoptee had Blue eyes and Black hair. Age of Adoptee when Adopted: days old? Adoptive Fathers Name: Dr. Flora Black Deceased Email Address: ceslinger sbcglobal. Death- She was abandoned by Mrs. Left in a motel room in Oklahoma City, OK. She was then adopted by Eugene and Pearl Francis H. Adoption Agency or Attorney: Dr. Hogan - Olive Str. Louis, MO County adoption took place: St.
All Other Information: Searching for an older friend who does not use a computer. Her mother is the adopted child Mildred and is now deceased. Her mother was adopted in in St. Louis, MO by deed of adoption. Her adoptive parents resided in DuBois, Il.