Met LBJ as a student at a political meeting in Blanco, TX; Hopkins campaigned for Democratic party nomination to the Senate from 19th District, TX; Sam Johnson as a friend and supporter; Alvin Wirtz; Richard Kleberg's election to Congress, 1931; LBJ as his secretary; Ma Ferguson; Wirtz's death, 1950; Colorado River Development; LBJ's teaching before becoming NYA director; defeating Avery for Congress, 1937; swearing-in as Congressman
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Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1965, by Eric F. Goldman, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 30, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-hopkinsw-19650511-1-70-50