Early contacts with LBJ as a Congressman; relationship with Sam Rayburn; service under Eisenhower and Truman; LBJ's friendship and loyalty; comments on the office of VP; LBJ's sensitivity; the role of governors; Rockefeller's comments on John Connally as very bright, more interested in politics than government; relationship between LBJ and the Rockefellers; trips to the Ranch; watching the Super Bowl during LBJ's last weekend in the White House; thoughtfulness of LBJ and Lady Bird; mutual admiration between Lady Bird and Laurence Rockefeller; LBJ's refusal to support Democratic opponent of Rockefeller.
Oral history transcript, Nelson Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
Citation
Oral history transcript, Nelson Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1974, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-rockefellern-19740221-1-78-23