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  2. Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈ l ɪ n d ə n ˈ b eɪ n z /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy , under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.

  3. 1964 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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    Massachusetts voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, over the Republican nominee, Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona. Johnson ran with Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, while Goldwater’s running mate was Congressman William E. Miller of New York.

  4. Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Lyndon B. Johnson's tenure as the 36th president of the United States began on November 22, 1963, ... Johnson wearing a cowboy hat at his Texas ranch, c. 1972.

  5. 'Window into history': Tapes detail LBJ's stolen election

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    Peter Mangan flips through a large folder of newspaper clippings at the Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential library as he prepares to make a donation to the library, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in ...

  6. List of nicknames of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Bull Johnson [144] for his reputation for boasting at Southwest Texas State Teachers College. Landslide Lyndon , [ 145 ] ironic reference to the Box 13 scandal , a hotly disputed 87-vote win that put him into the Senate in 1948, which became more appropriate in his supporters' eyes following his victory in the 1964 presidential election .

  7. 1964 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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    Johnson carried Rhode Island in a landslide, taking 80.87% of the vote to Goldwater's 19.13%, [1] a Democratic victory margin of 61.74%. This made Rhode Island Lyndon Johnson's strongest state in the nation: even in the midst of a massive nationwide Democratic landslide, Rhode Island weighed in as 39% more Democratic than the national average ...

  8. 1948 United States Senate election in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Johnson defeated Porter in November by a narrower margin than Democrats in Texas usually obtained. [119] Johnson returned to Washington as a senator and was permanently dubbed "Landslide Lyndon." Dismissive of his critics, Johnson happily adopted the nickname, [120] [121] though he came to dislike it in later years. [122]

  9. 1960 United States Senate election in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson, who was simultaneously running for Vice President of the United States, was re-elected to a third term in office. Johnson had Texas law changed to allow him to run for both offices at once. [ 1 ]