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Tech-Savvy Presidential Candidates: Lyndon Johnson

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Tech-Savvy Presidential Candidates: Lyndon Johnson

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Fifteen years before he became President, LBJ campaigned for state senate in 1948 by hopping between Texas towns in a Sikorsky helicopter dubbed the “Flying Windmill.” Johnson's advance men gave notice he'd be dropping in from the sky, and the crowds flocked to his appearances.