July 27, 1960

LBJ spends the afternoon in Austin making plans to go to Hyannis Port to meet with JFK. He also meets with aide Horace Busby and Dr. Harry Ransom, asking Ransom to supply him with ideas and possibly get others at the University of Texas to do the same.

Meanwhile, Richard Nixon receives the Republican nomination for president; Henry Cabot Lodge is picked as his running mate the next day.