And in an astonishingly short period of time, Lyndon Johnson is the assistant majority leader. RUBENSTEIN: And he becomes the majority leader after just how many years in the Senate? CARO ...

Cornyn, a 72-year-old, four-term senator, would be the first Senate majority leader from Texas since Lyndon B. Johnson more than 60 years ago.

the youngest Senate majority leader in history and ultimately, president. How did he do it? There is a wonderful photo of Lyndon Johnson and Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas. Johnson is towering ...

National security, said Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Baines Johnson to his Democratic caucus, is the issue that will “dominate the Congresses of free men for lifetimes to come.” And the man ...