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Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. (February 5, 1925 – September 21, 2008) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
At the appellate level, Johnson formally nominated one person, Barefoot Sanders, for a federal appellate judgeship who was never confirmed. The United States Senate did not act on Sanders' nomination before Johnson's presidency ended, and Nixon did not renominate him. Johnson also considered other appeals court nominees whom he never wound up ...
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born March 19, 1944) is the elder daughter of the 36th U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.She served as chairwoman of the Board of Reading is Fundamental, the nation's largest children's literacy organization, as well as chairwoman of the President's Advisory Committee for Women.
Lyndon Johnson (1963–1969) ... Barefoot Sanders: May 1967: January 20, 1969: Bryce Harlow: January 20, 1969: November 5, 1969: Richard Nixon (1969–1974) Bill Timmons:
Hughes had been a "longtime Johnson ally", and as vice president, Johnson had asked Robert F. Kennedy, the attorney general of the United States and brother of President John F. Kennedy, "to nominate Mrs. Hughes" for the Federal bench, but the United States Justice Department turned him down. Johnson then offered the job to another attorney.
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin was named in his honor, as is the Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland. Also named for him are schools in Austin and Laredo , Texas; Melbourne, Florida ; and Jackson, Kentucky .
Lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee peppered director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard with questions about her controversial rhetoric on Russian aggression, Syria’s use ...
Lyndon B. Johnson: 15 Barefoot Sanders: 1966 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson: 16 Edwin L. Weisl Jr. 1967 1969 17 William Ruckelshaus: 1969 1970 Richard Nixon: 18 L. Patrick Gray: 1970 1972 19 Harlington Wood Jr. 1972 1973 20 Carla Anderson Hills: 1973 1975 21 Rex E. Lee: 1975 1977 Gerald Ford: 22 Barbara A. Babcock: 1977 1979 Jimmy Carter: 23 Alice ...