LLOYD M. BENTSEN, JR.

3/10/1993: President William Jefferson Clinton and Secretary of Treasury Lloyd Bentsen delivering remarks to business leaders in the East Room. (Photo Credit: Barbara Kinney/ National Archives).
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RESOURCES:

Department of the Treasury
Miller Center
American National Biography
University of Texas
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia
Papers (University of Texas)
Interview (C-SPAN, 6/25/1991)

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2/9/1993: President William Jefferson Clinton and Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen participates in an economic meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House (Photo Credit: Ralph Alswang/ National Archives)

Profile (Atlantic, 12/1974)
VP Selection, 7/13/1988 (WP, LAT, NYT, NYT)
Treasury Nomination, 12/1992 (NYT, NYT, NYT, WP)
Profile (WP, 7/18/1993)
Treasury Resignation, 12/6/1994 (NYT, WP, C-SPAN)
Obituaries, 5/24/2006 (NYT, WP, Houston Chronicle)
Quayle Debate (Bloomberg, 10/23/2012)