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20 hours ago · Born in Stonewall, Texas, Johnson worked as a high school teacher and a congressional aide before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1937. In 1948, he was controversially declared winner in the Democratic Party's primary for the 1948 Senate election in Texas and won the general election. [1] .
3 days ago · Tower was teaching at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls when he decided to enter politics. He ran for the U.S. Senate in 1960, losing to Lyndon B. Johnson. But Tower won the seat the following spring, in a special election called after Johnson assumed the vice presidency.
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5 days ago · Fareed and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discuss what President Biden has in common with former president Lyndon B. Johnson. Crime-fighting in aisle 5. See how some ...
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4 days ago · Simon & Schuster. When Dick Goodwin reached his 80s, he asked his wife – historian Doris Kearns Goodwin – to finally open and sift through the hundreds of boxes he'd kept from his time as a...
3 days ago · From #1 New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and leading historian Doris Kearns Goodwin comes a definitive middle grade guide to Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson and how they became leaders. Abraham Lincoln. Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Lyndon B. Johnson. They grew up and lived in very […]
5 days ago · Humanities Texas. July/August 2008. In the following excerpts from a 1965 interview, President Lyndon B. Johnson reminisces about his experiences as a classroom teacher. While doing so, he also emphasizes the importance of universal education and the rewards of the teaching profession. The complete transcript of the interview, which was ...
5 days ago · President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered his famous “Great Society” speech at the University of Michigan’s commencement on May 22, 1964. In the speech, Johnson outlined his plan to combat poverty, preserve natural resources, and improve education.
