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John H. Johnson

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"John H. Johnson," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/1084.
Position
Butler
Years in President's House
1956 – 1986
Presidencies
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Biography
Mentioned in West, pg. 241. Also listed as a butler in Mrs. Kennedy's 1961 xmas card list, https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jbkopp-sf037-009#?image_identifier=JBKOPP-SF037-009-p0049 ; https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1962-11-27-h#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-KN-C25173 ; White House Office of the Curator, e-mail message to author, March 16, 2026.