- Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikipedia
Lyndon Baines Johnson ( ˈlɪndən ˈbeɪnz ; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969
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Lyndon B Johnson, frequently called LBJ, was an American politician and moderate Democrat who was president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 He was born on August 27, 1908, and died on January 22, 1973
- Lyndon B. Johnson - Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
Lyndon Baines Johnson was born just after the turn of the 20th century in the rugged and isolated Hill Country of Texas It was a character-building, hardscrabble land where he learned the lessons of loyalty, the arts of persuasion and power, and the insecurity of lean times
- Today in History: January 8, Lyndon Johnson declares ‘war on poverty’
President Lyndon B Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America ”
- Lyndon B. Johnson | The White House
In the 1960 campaign, Lyndon B Johnson was elected Vice President as John F Kennedy’s running mate On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as the 36th United States President, with a vision to build “A Great Society” for the American people
- Lyndon B. Johnson: Life in Brief - Miller Center
As a man, Lyndon Johnson was obsessed with his place in history, consumed by a voracious appetite for life, and often cast between emotional extremes He was a natural politician, and to many people who knew him, he seemed larger than life
- U. S. Senate: Lyndon B. Johnson: A Featured Biography
When Texas congressman Lyndon Johnson won election to the Senate in 1948, he took the hotly contested race by a margin of just 87 votes, earning the nickname “Landslide Lyndon ”
- Lyndon B. Johnson - White House Historical Association
On August 6, 1965, Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which removed legal obstacles preventing African Americans from exercising the right to vote Under Johnson, the country made spectacular explorations of space in a program he had championed since its start
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