LYNDON B JOHNSON 1908 1973 THIRTY SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JOHNSON LYNDON 1908 1973 VIETNAM WAR FOREIGN POLICY ELECTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES CIVIL RIGHTS/EQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEFENSE ELECTIONS AND POLITICS GLOBAL RELATIONS LYNDON JOHNSON LYNDON B JOHNSON WAS BORN TO A FARMING FAMILY NEAR STONEWALL TEXAS IN 1930 HE GRADUATED FROM SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE HE THEN TAUGHT PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DEBATE IN A HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1932 HE BECAME A CONGRESSIONAL SECRETARY TWO YEARS LATER HE MARRIED CLAUDIA ALTA TAYLOR KNOWN AS LADY BIRD IN 1935 HE BECAME THE TEXAS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION A NEW DEAL PROGRAM TWO YEARS LATER HE WAS ELECTED AS A DEMOCRAT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HE SERVED THERE UNTIL 1949 WHEN HE WON A SEAT IN THE U.S SENATE IN 1960 HE WAS ELECTED JOHN F KENNEDY'S VICE PRESIDENT HE BECAME PRESIDENT AFTER KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1963 JOHNSON WAS HIMSELF ELECTED TO THE PRESIDENCY IN 1964 JOHNSON SECURED PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 HE DECLARED WAR ON POVERTY AND PROMOTED A SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELFARE LEGISLATION AS THE VIETNAM WAR ESCALATED JOHNSON'S POPULARITY DECREASED AND HE CHOSE NOT TO RUN FOR RE ELECTION IN 1968 JOHNSON THEN RETIRED TO TEXAS WHERE HE PUBLISHED HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY THE VANTAGE POINT IN 1971 JOHNSON DIED IN TEXAS IN 1973
