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Title
Thomas
,
Mrs
.
Albert
Abstract
Mrs
.
Lera
Thomas
was
married
to
Congressman
Albert
Thomas
,
who
served
from
1937
to
1966
. He was the
chairman
of the
Independent
Offices
,
which
was the
largest
agency
on the
Appropriations
Committee
.
Mrs
.
Thomas
describes
the
events
that
lead
to the
political
decision
in
1962
to
select
Houston
as the
site
for
NASA
. She also
provides
some
of the
little
known
details
concerning
President
Kennedy's
visit
to
Texas
in
1963
,
which
was to
attend
a
dinner
in
Houston
on
November
21st
honoring
her
husband
,
Albert
Thomas
.
Congressman
Thomas
traveled
to
Dallas
along
with
President
Kennedy
and
after
the
assassination
Thomas
was the
one
who
ensured
that
Lyndon
Johnson
was
properly
sworn
in as
President
before
departing
Dallas
.
After
her
husband's
death
in
1966
,
Mrs
.
Lera
Thomas
was
elected
to
complete
the
remainder
of his
term
as the
Representative
from the
Eighth
District
of
Texas
. She was the
first
women
from
Texas
elected
to
Congress
.
After
she
left
office
in
1967
,
Congresswoman
Thomas
traveled
to
Vietnam
as an
accredited
newspaper
representative
for the
Houston
Chronicle
and was a
special
liaison
to
members
of the
armed
services
.
Title-Alternative
HMRC
Oral
History
Collection
Date of Interview
December 12, 1984
Subjects
Thomas
,
Mrs
.
Albert
--
Interviews
;
Thomas
,
Albert
,
1898-1966
;
Legislators--United
States
;
United
States
.
National
Aeronautics
and
Space
Administration
;
Kennedy
,
John
F
.
(John
Fitzgerald)
,
1917-1963
;
Johnson
,
Lyndon
B
.
(Lyndon
Baines)
,
1908-1973
;
Oral
histories
Interviewee
Thomas
,
Mrs
.
Albert
Interviewers
Marchiafava
,
Louis
;
Collier
,
Everett
Original Format
Audio tape
Oral History Number
OH 0426
Language
English
Ownership Notice
The Houston Public Library retains the literary and publishing rights of its oral histories. No part of the interviews or transcripts may be downloaded or published without the written permission of the Houston Oral History Project.
Related Resources
A
transcript
of an
interview
Mrs.
Thomas
completed
in
1969
can
be
found
in the
oral
history
archives
of the
Lyndon
Baines
Johnson
Library
and
Museum
,
available
at:
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/ThomasL/ThomasL.asp
Length of Interview
00:30:15
Type
Sound; Text
Format
Flash Video (FLV); Text
Relation-Is Part Of
HMRC
Oral
History
Collection
Funding provided by
TexTreasures
Grant
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