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Oral history transcript, Thomas H. Kuchel, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • How Kuchel became a Senator; LBJ in the Senate; LBJ’s relationships with Robert Taft and William Knowland; LBJ’s political skill in the Senate with both Democracts and Republicans; LBJ’s interest in tidelands; the Patrick J. Hurley/Dennis Chavez
  • : Yes. I guess my tenure began [at] the tail end of 1952. Nixon resigned a day or so early and that had something to do with my seniority. I was made senior to some of those who came in on the same date. Jack Kennedy and I were elected the same day