LBJ: The Early Years and to help him become even more successful. It is now 1948, and Johnson now is vying for a Senate seat soon to be vacated by a retiring Senator. His promises kept to the people of the hill country, he still must defeat Governor Coke Stevenson, who battles him for a Texas Democratic caucus vote amid rumors of corruption in the form of vote fixing. A 28-28 deadlock is broken when Johnson's staffers pull onto the floor a drunk member (despite goons under the control of Stevenson trying to prevent it), whose vote gains LBJ the Democratic Senate nomination. LBJ
President of Sri Lanka as the residences of the Governor-General). The government pays for meals and staff. Other presidential residences include: In recent years from time to time Prime Minister's House, commonly referred to as Temple Trees, which has been the traditional residence of the Prime Minister since 1948, has been used by some presidents such as Kumaratunga and Rajapaksa. While other presidents such as Jayewardene and Sirisena have refuse to use the Presidents House, with the former preferring to stay at his personal residence Braemar and the later at his former ministerial residence at Wijayarama Mawatha. For ground travel, the president uses the