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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection, Photograph No. a397-6
W. Marvin Watson
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection, Photograph No. a397-6

W. Marvin Watson

American, 1924 - 2017
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Marvin Watson established one of the first Johnson-for-President clubs in Texas. At the 1964 Democratic Convention, Johnson asked Watson to serve as his convention coordinator. On January 4, 1965, President Johnson appointed Mr. Watson as a Special Assistant to the President, to serve in the following capacities: Presidential Appointments Secretary office manager, White House liaison with the DNC and various state and local political groups. After Bill Moyers' resignation in December of 1966, Watson took over many of Moyers' duties as White House Chief of Staff. On April 11, 1968, President Johnson appointed Mr. Watson Postmaster General, a job held until January 22, 1969.
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