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Lyndon Johnson

Lyndon Johnson

Concise Biography, History & Facts About President Lyndon B. Johnson
Thirty-Sixth President - Lyndon Baines Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson Lifespan - 1908 - 1973
Place of Birth - August 27, 1908 near Stonewall, Texas
Education - Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now Texas State University), graduated 1930; Georgetown Law School
Lyndon B. Johnson Term as President - 1963-1969
Political Party - Democrat
Vice President / Vice Presidents - Hubert Humphrey
Religion - Disciples of Christ
Lyndon B. Johnson, Military Experience - in the military during WWII.

Name of Wife - Lyndon B. Johnson was married to Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson in 1934. Children - Lynda Bird  and Luci Baines
Career of Lyndon B. Johnson - Teacher, Politician, Statesman
Congressional Secretary, 1931-37
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1937-49
United States Senator, 1949-61
Vice President, 1961-63 (under Kennedy)
Place of Death - Lyndon B. Johnson died on
January 22, 1973 in Johnson City, Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson was buried under an oak tree by the Pedernales River at the LBJ Ranch, near Johnson City, Texas
Next President: President Richard Nixon

Major Events during his presidency

  • Vietnam Conflict (1963 - 1969)

  • Civil Rights Act (1964)
  • Medicare and Medicaid (1965)
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated (1968)
  • Robert Kennedy assassinated (1968)
  • Pueblo Incident - Capture of the USS Pueblo, a Navy intelligence ship, by North Korea (1968)

Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was President Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Description of President Lyndon B. Johnson - Height 6 feet 3 inches

  • Lyndon B. Johnson came to power when John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963
  • Johnson was only two cars behind President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated. LBJ was sworn in as President aboard Air Force One  
  • Age at Inauguration - 55 years old
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Nickname - “LBJ”
  • Lyndon B. Johnson came from a family of ranchers and farmers
  • He was described as being raw and boisterous
  • Johnson received the prestigious Silver Star in a combat mission
  • Regarded as a highly competent politician
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Age at Death - 64 years old
  • Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was Lyndon B. Johnson

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