[Goldwater and Tower Meet at Airport]

Photograph of John Tower, former United States Senator from Texas, meeting Barry Goldwater, former Republican U.S. Senator from Arizona at the Wichita Falls airport in 1961, when Tower ran in a special election to fill Lyndon Johnson's U.S. Senate seat. Tower was successful in the special election in April 1961 and later won in the runoff in May 1961. presidency.
Date: March 17, 1961
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History