About the Author

In 1958 W. Marvin Watson created one of the first Johnson-for-President clubs in Texas. As a result of his early work on Johnson's behalf, Watson was appointed a White House special assistant in 1965 and assumed the job of White House chief of staff after Bill Moyers resigned that position in 1966.
Sherwin Markman was a special assistant to LBJ until 1968. He went on to work as a senior trial lawyer for Hogan & Hartson until 1992. He is the author of a novel, "The Election," and the editor of "Lyndon Johnson Remembered: An Intimate Portrait of a President."

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"Marvin Watson was the loyal keeper at the gate. His memories should be a bountiful addition to the story of those yeasty years."--Lady Bird Johnson