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
One Word is Too Often Profaned manner, Edward Williams and Mary Shelley were not afflicted by jealousy regarding this relationship. In fact, Mary Shelley was quite fond of Jane and Edward Williams and Shelley enjoyed Edward's company too. Shelley and Edward Williams drowned while on a boating trip on 8 July, 1822. Shelley wrote a number of poems devoted to Jane including "With a Guitar, To Jane", "One Word is Too Often Profaned", "To Jane: The Invitation", "To Jane: The Recollection" and "To Jane: The Keen Stars Were Twinkling". In "One Word is Too Often Profaned", Shelley rejects the use of the word Love to describe