Word: johnsons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When his first senate term expired, Billy quit. His ambition was pointing to Washington, where California's aging Senator Hiram Johnson was living his last years...
...know him. He made news on being elected chairman of the Republican National Committee's executive committee, posed for pictures with every leading G.O.P. candidate who came through town, including Republican Leaders Tom Dewey and Wendell Willkie. He was, in fact, carefully preparing for the day when Hiram Johnson's Senate place would become vacant...
...public information and military government officer. It was in the summer of 1945 when Major William Knowland, drinking coffee in an Army cafeteria in Paris, picked up a copy of Stars and Stripes and read that he had been appointed by Governor Earl Warren to succeed the late Hiram Johnson in the U.S. Senate...
...Knowland soon ran into trouble trying to push the unpushable Senate around. In his rush to political power, Knowland had learned how to handle issues-but not men. Senior Republicans began grumbling: "He treats us like kids." Once Knowland called for a night session without consulting Minority Leader Lyndon Johnson. Johnson rounded up enough Senators to hand Knowland one of the worst indignities that can be inflicted on a majority leader: he adjourned the Senate right out from under Bill's nose. Again, Knowland's impatient ways led him to try to cut off debate on a bill...
Time for a Drink. The Senate's close party balance requires a harmonious relationship between the Democratic and Republican leaders. After a cool start, Knowland and Lyndon Johnson have become warm friends. When Lyndon was convalescing from his heart attack, Bill twice weekly wrote long, gossipy letters with news of the Senate and its members. He also assured Johnson that he would work to prevent anyone from taking political advantage of Lyndon's absence...