Master of the Senate (124 page)

Bobby Baker

Theodore Francis Green

Allen Ellender

Leverett Saltonstall

Scott Lucas

THE JOHNSON TREATMENT
Sam Ervin (seated, Alan Bible and Herman Talmadge)

Johnson campaigning in 1954 with George Reedy and Dorothy Nichols

Democratic National Convention, August, 1956: Estes Kefauver, Truman, Adlai Stevenson, and Johnson

Strolling the halls after the 1958 State of the Union Address, with William Knowland; ahead of them are Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator Carl Hayden.

Lunching with the Democratic Policy Committee

Questioning a witness at a subcommittee hearing

Conferring with Bobby Baker

The Southern Caucus meets in Richard Russell’s office to discuss strategy for the civil rights bill, July 26, 1957. From left foreground: James Eastland, Strom Thurmond, John Sparkman, Sam Ervin, Kerr Scott, Allen Ellender, Russell, Herman Talmadge, John Stennis, Olin Johnston, Spessard Holland, Russell Long, Lister Hill, Harry Byrd, and Willis Robertson (back to camera).