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Johnson's Senate Seat Fallout If He Becomes VP
A look at Texas political routes to fill a Johnson Senate vacancy if he becomes vice president. The piece traces past Texas transitions from the House to the Senate, possible interim appointees, and how a special election would play out under Texas law. It weighs names like Jim Wright, Joe Kilgore, Bob Poage, Will Wilson, Jack Cox, and others in a broad survey.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
House
Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
Charles A. Culberson
Price Daniel
Culberson
Morris Sheppard
Tom Connally
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Daniel
William Blakely
Dallas
Blakely
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Andrew Jackson Houston
Sam Houston
O’daniel
Sheppard
Houston
Earle B. Mayfield
Texas Railroad Commissio
Horace Chilton
Tyler
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Wright
League of Texas
Weatherford
Joe Kilgore
McAllen
Bob Poage
Waco
Will Wilson
Abilen
Jack Cox
Panhandle
Ben Guill
Pampa