Headshot of Everett M. Dirksen

Everett M. Dirksen


(January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969)

Everett M. Dirksen was a US senator [R–Illinois] from January 1951 until his death in September 1969, and Senate Minority Leader from January 1959 to September 1969.

LBJ leans toward Everett Dirksen while they talk

“You’re a Hard Bargainer”

  June 23, 1964
Posing for camera after conference L-R: Congr. Charles Halleck, Secy. John Foster Dulles (?), Sen. Everett Dirksen, Dean Acheson (?), Speaker Sam Rayburn, Secy. Neil McElroy, Pres. Dwight Eisenhower, V.P. Richard Nixon, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson

“We Got to Try to Unite the Country”

  November 4, 1964
Abe Fortas stands next to LBJ who is sitting and on the phone

“I Thought We Were Going to Confirm Him”

  August 27, 1968
LBJ and Dirksen sitting and talking

“This Is Treason”

  November 2, 1968