| − | Mayborn was also a political confidant of Texas [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], President Johnson, [[Governor]] [[John Connally]], and [[U.S. Representative]]s W. R. Poage and [[Sam Rayburn]], the long-term House Speaker. He also advised Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby of the former [[United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare]], and [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] Jesse H. Jones. By the 1970s, with the defection of Connally to the [[Republican Party]], Mayborn began to support some GOP candidates. | + | Mayborn was also a political confidant of Texas [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], President Johnson, [[Governor]] [[John Connally]], and [[U.S. Representative]]s W. R. Poage and [[Sam Rayburn]], the long-term House Speaker. He also advised Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby of the former [[Department of Health, Education and Welfare]] (since Health and Human Services), and [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] Jesse H. Jones. By the 1970s, with the defection of Connally to the [[Republican Party]], Mayborn began to support some GOP candidates. |