https://www.metv.com/stories/buddy-ebsen-was-paul-hennings-first-choice-to-play-jed-clampett

However, Ebsen was reluctant to take the part. Here's why.

Here's how Abraham Lincoln inspired The Beverly Hillbillies (https://www.metv.com/stories/heres-how-abraham-lincoln-inspired-the-beverly-hillbillies)

We'd like to think that President Lincoln would have liked Jed Clampett.