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General L. Cooke

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"General L. Cooke," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/1168.
Position
Doorman
Years in President's House
1965 – 1981
Presidencies
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
Biography
1973 Hearing Doc: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hearings/6VHVAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=viola%20wise ; Donna Hayashi Smith, e-mail message to author, March 16, 2026.