After graduation he became a teacher and from 1937 to 1949 served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
His paternal grandfather, Sam Ealy, and great-uncle, Tom, had brought the family to Texas before the Civil War. After graduating high school he resisted college and went to California where he washed dishes, waited tables, ran an elevator, and did farm work. Eventually he hitchhiked back to Texas and borrowed $75 for tuition at Southwest Texas State Teachers College. After graduation he became a teacher and from 1937 to 1949 served in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1948 he was elected to the Senate, in 1955 he was elected Senate Majority Leader, and in 1960, he came in second for the Democratic Presidential nomination. FTP, who was this man, who eventually became the 36th President of the United States?
His paternal grandfather, Sam Ealy, and great-uncle, Tom, had brought the family to Texas before the Civil War.
{Lyndon} Baines {Johnson} or {LBJ}