Lyndon B. Johnson Biography

Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States, a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President. Johnson, a Democrat from Texas, served as a United States Representative from 1937 to 1949 and as a United States Senator from 1949 to 1961, including six years as Senate Majority Leader, two as Senate Minority Leader and two as Senate Majority Whip. He campaigned unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in 1960, but ran as Vice President with John F. Kennedy heading the ticket for the 1960 presidential election. After their election, Johnson succeeded Kennedy following the latter's assassination on November 22, 1963; he completed Kennedy's term and was elected President in his own right in the 1964 election, winning by a large margin over Barry Goldwater. He is one of four people who served in both offices of the executive branch as well as both houses of Congress. Source: Wikipedia

Marriages

• 1934-11-17
  Lyndon B. Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor

Lyndon B. Johnson Timeline

• 1961-08-19
  US vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson visits West Berlin
• 1963-11-05
  US VP Lyndon B. Johnson visits Netherlands
• 1963-11-22
  Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as the 36th US president after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
• 1963-11-23
  LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK)
• 1963-11-29
  LBJ sets up Warren Comm to investigate assassination of JFK
• 1964-01-08
  President Lyndon B. Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
• 1964-02-29
  LBJ reveals US secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter
• 1964-03-15
  LBJ asks for a War on Poverty
• 1964-05-22
  LBJ presents "Great Society"
• 1964-08-26
  LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, NJ
• 1964-09-03
  Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
• 1964-11-03
  LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for pres
• 1964-12-13
  In El Paso, Tx, LBJ & Mexican Pres Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border
• 1965-01-04
  LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address
• 1965-03-15
  LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote
• 1965-06-28
  1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson
• 1965-07-27
  President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking
• 1965-07-28
  LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam (total of 125,000)
• 1965-07-30
  LBJ signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966
• 1965-08-06
  US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities
• 1966-01-12
  LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
• 1966-01-13
  1st black selected for pres cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)
• 1966-07-04
  LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
• 1966-09-09
  The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
• 1966-09-15
  U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
• 1966-10-15
  LBJ signs a bill creating US Dept of Transportation
• 1966-11-08
  President Lyndon B. Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger
• 1967-06-23
  LBJ & Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, NJ
• 1967-07-27
  LBJ sets up commission to study cause of urban violence
• 1967-11-07
  LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• 1968-03-20
  LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money
• 1968-03-31
  LBJ announces he will not seek re-election
• 1968-04-11
  President Lyndon B. Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act

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