The Residence - Inside the Private World of The White House (46 page)

as sheltered, 70

slaves owned by, 177

as temporary residents of White House, 40, 232–33

transition between,
see
presidential transitions

see also specific presidents and families

first ladies, 105, 117

residence staff coordination with, 11, 14, 21, 46–47, 64, 69, 135, 137

tours guided by, 32, 34, 58, 75

see also specific first ladies

Flowers, Michael “Rahni,” 39, 41–43

Ford, Betty, 61–62, 94, 215, 271, 274

Ford, Gerald, 69, 234

as father, 235

in move in, move out of White House, 74, 94

relaxed, friendly attitude of, 61, 117

second term lost by, 34

short term of, 233

as thrust into presidency, 232

White House personal expenses and, 64

Ford, Jack, 215

Ford, Steve, 223, 232–33, 234, 235

Ford, Susan, 61, 64, 74, 88, 98, 233–35

Ford family, 224, 272

as approachable, 233

presidential transition to, 61

royal visits with, 214–15

Frame, Milton, 62, 107–8, 208

Frame, Wilford, 107–8

Frankel, Adam, 164–65

Freedmen’s Hospital, 204

Gallagher, Mary, 244

General Services Administration, 63, 244

Gettysburg Address, 164, 267

Glynn, Paul, 88

Goldman, Ikram, 43

Gonzalez, Omar, 115

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 112, 116, 195

Gorbachev, Raisa, 112

Gore, Al, 72

Graber, Ted, 160

Graham, Billy, 181

Great Depression, 197

Gregg, Judd, 261, 263

Guy, Ron, 89

Haiti, 226

Haldeman, H. R. “Bob,” 154–55

Hall, James, 9, 146–47, 165–66

Haller, Henry, 60, 127, 204–5

Hamilton, Theresa, 107

Hamilton, William “Bill,” 92–93, 168, 191

Hillary Clinton and, 147

as longest-serving residence worker, 92, 107, 193–94

Monica Lewinsky scandal and, 147

in revolt for equal pay, 190, 191–93

White House racism and, 193, 195, 197

wife and marriage of, 107

Hancock, Harold, 89

Hannie, George, 117–18, 193

Hawaii, 121, 135

Hearst, Patty, 235

Henderson, N.C., 197

Him and Her (LBJ’s dogs), 56

Hinckley, John, Jr., 160

HIV, 145–46

Hoban, James, 23, 24

Hockersmith, Kaki, 50–53, 54–55

Hoover, Herbert, 46

Hoover, Irwin “Ike,” 79, 103

Hyde Park, N.Y., 178

“I Have a Dream” (King), 193, 199

inauguration day, 29, 31, 34, 43–44, 69, 76

of Bush, George W., 73

as chaotic, 44

of Clinton, 51–52, 100–101

of JFK, 47, 49

nuclear strike codes and, 44

of Obama, 33, 36, 37, 41–42, 68, 174, 225

see also
presidential shifts

Iniki, Hurricane, 121

Iran-Contra Affair, 80, 81, 117

Iran hostage crisis, 74, 106, 274

Iraq, 105

Ireland’s Parliament, 23

It Takes a Village
(Clinton), 241

Jackson, Andrew, 176, 177, 178

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, 6

Jarrett, Valerie, 164

Jefferson, Thomas, 23, 27, 176–77, 178, 233

Jeffries, James, 37–38, 79–80, 168–69, 204–6, 237, 269–71

Jenkins, Beth, 59

Jenkins, Walter, 59

Jennings, Paul, 177

Jerman, Wilson, 77, 86, 89–90, 107, 123–24, 248

Jet,
174

Jim Crow, 173, 201

Johnson, Andrew, 177

Johnson, Johnny, 159

Johnson, Katie, 21, 44–45, 86, 163–64

Johnson, Lady Bird:

china ordered by, 207–8

inauguration days described by, 29

Jackie Kennedy and, 57, 58, 253

JFK assassination and, 252–54

LBJ’s character and, 210–11

LBJ’s presidential transition and, 55–59

LBJ’s shower demands and, 127

in move in, move out of White House, 75–76, 77

residence staff and, 103–4, 129, 170–71

West and, 103–4, 127

White House personal expenses and, 64

Wright and, 200–201

Johnson, Luci Baines, 76, 224, 255, 274

JFK assassination and, 253–54

LBJ’s presidential transition and, 56, 57, 59

on LBJ’s shower demands, 123, 129

LBJ taken care of by, 203–4

in move in, move out of White House, 71

on residence staff, 89, 167, 274

Vietnam protestors and, 230–31

White House personal expenses and, 64

Johnson, Lyndon B., 12, 55–56, 59, 71–72, 75, 87, 101, 103–4, 157, 162–63, 214

as avoided by residence staff, 124

Bruce and, 124–25, 132

budget reduction ordered by, 130–32

character of, 57, 123–25, 130, 210–11, 254

Civil Rights Act and (1964), 201

civil rights reforms of, 201–2, 203

demands of, 125–29, 130–31, 163

first State of the Union address of, 189

flirting by, 210

food security and, 116

as high school teacher, 125

JFK assassination and, 252–54

penis nicknamed “Jumbo” by, 126

as possessive husband, 210–11

racial slurs used by, 201, 203

reelection not sought by, 202, 232

shamelessness of, 88, 125, 128, 129

shower demands of, 126–29

sworn in as president, 254

televisions of, 76–77

toilet humor of, 125

Vietnam War and, 87, 129, 194, 202–3, 230–32, 250

West and, 126–27

Wright and, 202, 203–4

Johnson family, 179, 272

Cliber and, 170–71

and move out of White House, 76

presidential transition to, 55–59, 254

Texas ranch of, 127, 129, 203

Wright and, 200–204

Johnson Publishing, 174

Jonas Brothers, 225

Kass, Sam, 40

Kennedy, Caroline, 12, 27, 55, 57, 224, 227–29, 230, 239, 242, 252, 254–55

Kennedy, Edward “Ted,” 246, 261

Kennedy, Jacqueline, 2, 13, 73, 211–13, 270–71

Bruce and, 3, 4, 49, 159, 249

casual demeanor of, 94

JFK assassination and, 3–4, 244–51, 253–55

JFK’s presidential transition and, 35, 43

in move in, move out of White House, 55–59, 76, 248

in raising of children, 227–28, 239

running of residence by, 47–48

West and, 12, 47, 58, 208, 212–13, 247–48, 251–52

White House absences of, 209–10

White House personal expenses and, 63

White House restoration of, 5, 25–26, 51

Kennedy, John F., 2–3, 13, 32, 35, 87, 191, 213, 214, 261

assassination of, 1–4, 9, 56–57, 60, 124, 126, 157, 159, 199, 203, 212, 243–49, 250–51, 252–54, 257, 266

civil rights and, 199

food bill and, 63

funeral services of, 4, 244, 245, 246–49, 250–51

as hopeless in kitchen, 212

inauguration of, 47, 49

philandering of, 7, 208–10

presidential transition to, 35, 43, 46–49, 50, 242

Kennedy, John-John, 2, 3, 13, 55, 57, 214, 224, 227–28, 230, 242, 249, 252

Kennedy, Kevin, 234

Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier, 212, 247, 251, 252

Kennedy, Robert F., 3–4, 159, 194, 245, 246, 249

Kennedy family, 7, 194, 239, 246, 270, 272

Bruce’s close relationship with, 2–3, 4, 48–49, 159, 199, 249

dogs of, 57, 107

entertaining and events hosted by, 48, 108, 163, 205

fast paced lives of, 162

LBJ’s shower demands and, 127

in move in, move out of White House, 225

presidential transition to, 35, 43, 46–49, 50, 242

Kennedy Warren apartment building, 84, 85

Kennerly, David Hume, 69

Ketchum, Jim, 58–59, 243, 244, 249–51

Khrushchev, Nikita, 112

King, B. B., 205

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 201

assassination of, 191–92

“I Have a Dream” speech of, 193, 199

Kuhn, John, 246

Kuwait, 105

Lafayette Square, 264, 267

Lattimore, Neel, 151

Lauten, Elizabeth, 227

Leaves of Grass
(Whitman), 144