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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.
He also co-edited LBJ's America: The Life and Legacies of Lyndon Baines Johnson, [4] a series of essays on LBJ's legacy, with Mark Lawrence, [5] former LBJ Presidential Library director and Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and Ideas at the University of Texas at Austin. His forthcoming book, "Make Your Mark: Lessons in Character from Seven ...
Lyndon B. Johnson Student Center, a complex including teaching theaters, shops, a student pool hall, and office space located at the Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas; President Johnson's college alma mater. Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center, a hospital in American Samoa; Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, part of Harris ...
President Lyndon Johnson disliked Wilson, and ignored any "special" relationship. [278] Johnson needed and asked for help to maintain American prestige, but Wilson offered only lukewarm verbal support for the Vietnam War. [279] Wilson and Johnson also differed sharply on British economic weakness and its declining status as a world power.
The 1965 State of the Union Address was given by Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, on Monday, January 4, 1965, to the 89th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [2] It was Johnson's second State of the Union Address.
Sam Ealy Johnson Jr.'s mother, Eliza Bunton Johnson is seated in the wheelchair. Lyndon B. Johnson (ca. 4 years old) is standing in front of the automobile. He married Rebekah Baines (1881–1958), daughter of Joseph Wilson Baines and his wife, on August 20, 1907. Their first child, Lyndon B. Johnson, was born on August 27
Baines moved to Fredericksburg, Texas, after serving in the legislature. [4] Both Baines and his wife are buried together at the Der Stadt Friedhof, on the first row, near the National Museum of the Pacific War. They were the parents of Rebekah Baines Johnson, and the maternal grandparents of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United ...
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] As of 2024, this is the last time the Democrats won the Class 2 Senate seat in Texas.