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Dec 4, 2012 · Lyndon Johnson, shown in this August 1972 photo from the LBJ Presidential Library. It is 4:46 p.m. on Jan. 2, 1973, and Lyndon Johnson speaks to Richard Nixon for the last time ever. Nixon calls ...
Charles Harrity / AP. July 1973 Issue. On the night before Christmas, 1971, Lyndon Baines Johnson played the most improbable role of his varied and controversial life. Protected from public view ...
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Johnson on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 's passage. Recorded July 2, 1964. Lyndon Baines Johnson ( / ˈlɪndən ˈbeɪnz /; 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.
- John F. Kennedy
- Richard Nixon
Aug 24, 2018 · This week though, thanks to a photo that made the rounds online, I got to experience the joy that is 1972 Lyndon B. Johnson hair: LBJ in retirement on his ranch, last summer of his life, this week ...
- LBJ: The Early Years
- Lady Bird Johnson
- Congressional Career
- Johnson in The Senate
- White House Years
- Great Society
- Johnson and The Vietnam War
- Johnson's Final Years
Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, near the central Texascommunity of Johnson City, which was named for his relatives. He was the first of five children of Sam Ealy Johnson Jr., a farmer, businessman and state legislator, and his wife, Rebekah Baines Johnson. The young Johnson graduated from Southwest State Teachers College (now Tex...
In 1931, Johnson moved to Washington, D.C., to serve as congressional secretary for newly elected U.S. Representative Richard Kleberg of Texas. Energetic and capable, Johnson began to meet influential people and learn about the national political process. On November 17, 1934, he married Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor, a fellow Texan with whom he ...
Johnson’s political career began in earnest in 1937, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat. Quickly earning respect as a smart and hardworking legislator, he was re-elected five times. After an unsuccessful run for a U.S. Senate seat in 1941, Johnson became the first member of Congress to volunteer for active duty i...
In 1948, Johnson was elected to the U.S. Senatefollowing a bruising Democratic primary. After crisscrossing Texas by helicopter, Johnson managed to eke out a victory in the primary by just 87 votes. Once he reached the Senate, Johnson showed a deft political touch. In 1953, at age 44, he became the youngest person ever to serve as minority leader o...
In 1960, John F. Kennedy, the Democratic presidential nominee, invited Johnson to be his vice-presidential running mate. Johnson’s presence on the ticket attracted the support of conservative Southern Democrats and helped lift Kennedy to a narrow victory over Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon. On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was shotand killed wh...
Soon after taking office, Johnson declared a “War on Poverty.” He actively pushed Congress to pass legislation attacking illiteracy, unemployment and racial discrimination. After routing Republican candidate Barry Goldwater by more than 15 million votes in the 1964 presidential election, Johnson introduced a slate of new reforms that he said would ...
Despite Johnson’s success in promoting his domestic reform policies, his presidency was also defined by the failure of his policies toward Vietnam. Like the three presidents before him, Johnson was determined to prevent North Vietnamese communists from taking over the U.S.-supported government of South Vietnam. A believer in the now-discredited “do...
Following the inauguration of Republican President Nixon, Johnson retired to his Texas ranch, where he spent the next few years establishing his presidential library (which opened in 1971 on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin) and writing his memoirs. Johnson died of a heart attack at age 64 on January 22, 1973, at his ranch.
Jan 19, 2023 · By Olivia B. Waxman. January 19, 2023 2:49 PM EST. Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States and the architect of some of the most significant federal social welfare programs like ...
Jan 23, 2023 · Six months after leaving the White House, Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to attend a launch, the liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission on July 16, 1969.(Image credit ...
