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LYNDON B. JOHNSON

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LYNDON B. JOHNSON
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>LYNDON B. JOHNSON </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>(1908-1973). Thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963-69). Vice President under John F. Kennedy, succeeding to the Presidency within minutes of Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. TLS as President, 1p, 4to, Washington, Aug 31, 1965. On green White House letterhead to Congressman Harold T. Johnson. The President advises he cannot attend a “<i>buffet honoring the twenty-three Democratic Members of the House of Representatives from California. All of you have been pillars of strength in creating the great legislative record of this Congress...and I am sure that your great Governor, Pat Brown, is just as proud of the way you have served your State...I also want to give my thanks to those who are joining with you to help make certain that you have the facilities to see that the voters are informed of how well you have served them here in Washington...I extend my warm best wishes to each of you</i>...” Boldly signed. Light toning of lower two-thirds of letter; else VG.</span></p>