Sam Houston Johnson

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Sam Houston Johnson bigraphy, stories - American writer

Sam Houston Johnson : biography

January 31, 1914 – December 11, 1978

Samuel "Sam" Houston Johnson (January 31, 1914 – December 11, 1978) was the younger brother of President Lyndon B. Johnson.’Cancer Kills LBJ’s brother-Sam Houston Johnson Dies,’ The Palm Beach Post (Florida), December 12, 1978, pg A5

He was notorious for getting drunk and then talking to the press. Eventually, the Secret Service put him under surveillance. He died of lung cancer at 64, at the same age his brother was at his death. Sam wrote the book My Brother Lyndon after LBJ left the White House.

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Category:1914 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Writers from Texas Category:Siblings of Presidents of the United States Category:Lyndon B. Johnson family Category:Deaths from lung cancer