Lyndon Johnson (American President)

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Lyndon Baines Johnson

birthplace

Stonewall, TX

birthday

August 27

Life

1908-1973

age

OFC:55 , d. 65

party

Democratic

presidency highlights

Vietnam War — War on Poverty

nickname:

LBJ, Light-Bulb Lyndon

vice-president:

none (1963-1965), Hubert Humphrey (1965-1969)

previous office

37th Vice President of USA

key background fact:

Vice President; became president after Kennedy’s assassination

occupation

Teacher, Public Official

military service

Commander - U.S. Navy (Naval Reserve) - WW II (South Pacific)

children

2: 2 girls

wife:

Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor (1934)

height

6' 3'' / 1.92 m

higher education

Texas State, Georgetown

religion

Disciples of Christ

quote

"Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right."

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actions & events

1964 The Civil Rights Act
1964 Great Society & War on Poverty programs
1963-65 Miranda case
Urban riots / antiwar riots
1968 M. Luther King killed

military activity

1965 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - president gets blank check in Vietnam
Escalation of Vietnam War 500,000 troops deployed

unique facts

The first president to be sworn in on an airplane and the first by a woman
Appointed the first African-American to the Supreme Court.

interesting

Was an auto mechanic and teacher before going into politics. The entire family had the initials, LBJ. (wife and daughters). He used to go through the White House at night turning lights off.

military activity

1965 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - president gets blank check in Vietnam
Escalation of Vietnam War 500,000 troops deployed

Legacy

Passed his Great Society domestic programs and pushed "War on Poverty". He escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam, sending more than 500,000 troops to fight. He left US deeply divided.

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