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Whilst Brown and Root were the core of Johnsons financing for the rest of his career, they were just one piece of the puzzle.
His cultivation of numerous older men was of far greater importance (there were plenty of other rich backers he could have had, there was only one Sam Rayburn), in particular Richard Russell and Sam Rayburn. Without them he would have never ascended beyond the house.