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Name
  
Sam Johnson


Sam Houston Johnson

Born
  
January 31, 1914 (
1914-01-31
)
Johnson City, Texas, U.S.

Relatives
  
Lyndon B. Johnson (brother) Lynda Johnson Robb (niece) Charles S. Robb (nephew-in-law) Luci Baines Johnson (niece) Ian J. Turpin (nephew-in-law) Lucinda Desha Robb (great-niece) Catherine Lewis Robb (great-niece) Jennifer Wickliffe Robb (great-niece) Lady Bird Johnson (sister-in-law) Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr. (grandfather) Jesse Johnson (great-grandfather) Lucy Webb Barnett Johnson (great-grandmother) Eliza Bunton Johnson (grandmother) Patrick Lyndon Nugent (great-nephew) Nicole Marie Nugent (great-niece) Rebekah Johnson Nugent (great-niece) Claudia Taylor Nugent (great-niece)

Role
  
Lyndon B. Johnson's brother

Died
  
December 11, 1978, Austin, Texas, United States

Spouse
  
Albertine Summers (m. 1940–1944)

Children
  
Josefa Roxanne Johnson, Sam Johnson

Siblings
  
Lyndon B. Johnson, Rebekah Johnson, Lucia Johnson, Josefa Johnson

Parents
  
Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr., Rebekah Baines

Similar People
  
Lyndon B Johnson, Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr, Luci Baines Johnson, Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, Lady Bird Johnson

Samuel "Sam" Houston Johnson III (January 31, 1914 – December 11, 1978) was an American businessman. He was the younger brother of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Early life

Sam Houston Johnson was born in Johnson City, Texas on January 31, 1914, the son of Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. and Rebekah Baines. He attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College, as had his brother Lyndon, and the University of Texas at Austin. He received an ll.b. degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1934.

Early career

For most of his life Sam Houston Johnson was an aide and adviser to his older brother Lyndon B. Johnson; he was part of a network of supporters his brother used to maintain awareness of or control over political activities in Texas. When Lyndon Johnson was appointed Director of the National Youth Administration in Texas in the 1930s, Sam Houston Johnson replaced him as chief aide to Congressman Richard M. Kleberg.

Sam Houston Johnson later worked for the National Youth Administration in Texas. He also worked as an appraiser for the Federal Land Bank in Houston, and reported to his brother on its activities.

During World War II, Sam Johnson worked on the staff of the War Production Board. In addition, he was employed as a member of his brother's Senate staff, and worked on Lyndon Johnson's campaigns.

Besides working for and with his brother, Sam Houston Johnson also worked as an insurance executive and as the Mexico representative of a Texas international trucking company.

Later career

Sam Houston Johnson was an alcoholic. In his later years, his drinking, coupled with physical disability caused by a broken hip, limited his effectiveness as a member of his brother's organization.

In 1970 Johnson wrote a memoir, My Brother Lyndon, which praised his brother in most respects, but was critical in others. At the time, Sam Houston Johnson indicated that he was estranged from his brother, but said his book was not the cause. The two reconciled before Lyndon Johnson's death.

According to published accounts, Sam Houston Johnson stopped drinking in 1972 and underwent a religious conversion, becoming a regular attendee at services of Austin's non-denominational Community Church.

Historian Robert Caro interviewed Sam Houston Johnson as one of his numerous sources while conducting research for The Years of Lyndon Johnson. According to Caro, he at first considered Sam Houston Johnson to be unreliable, largely as a result of his drinking. Caro said that he considered Johnson more credible in their subsequent encounters, largely because of his sobriety and religious conversion.

Death and burial

In 1976 Johnson was diagnosed with cancer and had a malignant tumor removed from his lung. His lung cancer returned, and Johnson died at Holy Cross Hospital in Austin, Texas on December 11, 1978. He is buried in the Johnson Family Cemetery in Stonewall, Texas.

Marriage and family

In 1940 Sam Houston Johnson married Albertine Summers. They divorced in 1944. Their children included a daughter, Josefa Roxane (or Roxanne) (born 1941), and a son, Samuel Summers (or Sam) (born 1942).

In 1955 Johnson married again, to Mary Jane Michelson Fish. They later divorced.

References

Sam Houston Johnson Wikipedia