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Lyndon B. JohnsonView Program

36th President - Lyndon B. Johnson
Born: August 27, 1908
Died: January 22, 1973

  • Personal
  • First Lady: Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson
  • Children: 2
  • Education Level: College
  • School Attended: Southwest Texas State University
  • Profession: Military, Teacher
  • Military Service: Lieutenant Commander
  • Public Service
  • Dates of Presidency: November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969
  • # of Terms: 1
  • Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
  • Party: Democratic
  • Vice President For: John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
  • Senator: Texas (1949-1961)
  • House of Representatives: Texas (1937-1949)
  • Other Offices: Director of National Youth Administration (TX)
  • Did You Know?
  • While he was in the White House, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and Medicare were signed into law.
  • His administration was known as "The Great Society," despite nation-wide anti-war protests.
  • During his term, Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated.
  • Before becoming a politican, he taught school in rural Texas.
  • Did You Know?
  • While he was in the White House, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and Medicare were signed into law.
  • His administration was known as "The Great Society," despite nation-wide anti-war protests.
  • During his term, Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated.
  • Before becoming a politican, he taught school in rural Texas.
  • He nominated Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court justice.
  • Lady Bird Johnson worked tirelessly on her husband's war-on-poverty program and Head Start project. She created a First Lady's Committee for a More Beautiful Capitol that later expanded nationwide, and founded the National Wildflower Research Center.
  • The Vietnam War escalated during his administration.
  • "For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest sleeping in the unplowed ground. . ."
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