11 Facts About Walter Jenkins

Walter Wilson Jenkins was an American political figure and longtime top aide to US President Lyndon B Johnson.

Walter Jenkins was born in Jolly, Texas, and spent his childhood in Wichita Falls, Texas.

For most of the next 25 years, Jenkins served as Johnson's top administrative assistant, following Johnson as he rose to become a Senator, Vice President under John F Kennedy, and President.

From 1941 until 1945, Walter Jenkins served in the United States Army during World War II.

Walter Jenkins turned to White House lawyers Abe Fortas, the President's personal lawyer, and Clark Clifford, who unofficially was filling the role of White House Counsel.

Probably forewarned, Johnson told Fortas that Walter Jenkins needed to resign.

Walter Jenkins knew that J Edgar Hoover would have to clear the administration of any security problem because the FBI itself would otherwise be at fault for failing to investigate Jenkins properly years before.

Walter Jenkins claimed that before his arrest Jenkins had attended a cocktail party where the waiters came from the Republican National Committee, though the party was hosted by Newsweek to celebrate the opening of its new offices.

Walter Jenkins did not comment on the incident while campaigning.

Walter Jenkins resigned from the Air Force Reserve in February 1965.

Walter Jenkins died in 1985, at the age of 67, a few months after suffering a stroke.