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How Texas Oilmen Made LBJ

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Lawrence Person

There’s a fascinating piece by LBJ biographer Robert Caro about how he pieced together how powerful Texas oilmen, through the insistence of Brown & Root and speaker Sam Rayburn, made Lyndon Baines Johnson’s career by making him the conduit for … Continue reading →

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