Senator (Class 2) from Texas 1949–1961        Served alongside: Tom Connally, Price Daniel, William A. Blakley, Ralph Yarborough

Succeeded byWilliam A. Blakley

Preceded byFrancis J. Myers

Senate Majority Whip 1951–1953

Succeeded byLeverett Saltonstall

Preceded byErnest McFarland

Senate Minority Leader 1953–1955

Succeeded byWilliam F. Knowland

Preceded byWilliam F. Knowland

Senate Majority Leader 1955–1961

Succeeded byMike Mansfield

New office

Chair of the Senate Reception Room Committee 1955–1957

Position abolished

Chair of the Senate Space Committee 1958–1961

Succeeded byRobert S. Kerr

Political offices

Preceded byRichard Nixon

Vice President of the United States 1961–1963

Succeeded byHubert Humphrey

Preceded byJohn F. Kennedy

President of the United States 1963–1969

Succeeded byRichard Nixon

Awards and achievements

Preceded byMartin Luther King Jr.

Time Person of the Year 1964

Succeeded byWilliam Westmoreland

Preceded byBaby boomers

Time Person of the Year 1967

Succeeded byAstronauts of Apollo 8

Preceded byJ. 