1961: Vice President Johnson Spins Wheel
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was very active in both state societies and the cherry blossom festival. When he was Senate Minority Leader and Majority Leader, he served a two terms as President of the Texas State Society of Washington, DC. 1953-1955. The society was at first known as the Lone Star Society in 1891 and was re-organized by Dr. Oscar Wilkinson and his wife in 1905 as The Texas State Society. The year after this ball, the Vice President's daughter Linda Johnson represented the Texas State Society as the 1962 Texas Cherry Blossom Princess.
