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    Lyndon B. Johnson

    President of the United States from 1963 to 1969

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  1. 6 days ago · 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.

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  2. 15 hours ago · Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈ l ɪ n d ə n ˈ b eɪ n z /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

  3. May 20, 2024 · War on Poverty. Center for Law and Social Policy President & Executive Director Indivar Dutta-Gupta and American Enterprise Institute's Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility Director Scott...

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  5. May 3, 2024 · Great Society, political slogan used by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson (served 1963–69) to identify his legislative program of national reform. In his first State of the Union message after election in his own right, delivered on January 4, 1965, the president proclaimed his vision of a ‘Great Society.’.

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  6. 4 days ago · In January 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a War on Poverty in his State of the Union address. Matt LeClere, Director of the Head Start program for Community Action of Southeast Iowa, said there was research at the time about the effects of poverty, as well as its impact on education.

  7. May 20, 2024 · 36th President of the United States. November 22, 1963–January 20, 1969. The assassination of John F. Kennedy elevated Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson to the White House during the turbulent 1960s.

  8. 5 days ago · In just under five years in the 1960s, Lyndon B. Johnson enacted nearly 200 pieces of legislation known as the Great Society, aiming to eliminate poverty and racial injustice in America. One major result of President Johnson's Great Society was the implementation of Medicare and Medicaid, providing healthcare to millions of Americans who were ...

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