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On the recordJuly 14, 1965
I particularly want to express my sympathy to his family and dear ones, and to the countless citizens of Arkansas who have lost in his passing a distinguished leader, and a native son whose devotion to constitutional principles and human dignity won for him the confidence and admiration of all who knew him.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Letter to Mrs. Francis A. Cherry on the Death of Her Husband

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