Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency was marked by two major areas of involvement: his Great Society program—social legislation for civil rights, the "War on Poverty," and attempts to improve living standards; and his escalation (stepping up) of the...

Few presidents have entered office under more difficult circumstances than Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973; served 1963–69). Johnson had been elected as vice president along with President John F. Kennedy in 1960, and he had served for three...

Born August 27, 1908Near Stonewall, Texas Died January 22, 1973Near Johnson City, Texas Politician, thirty-sixthpresident of the United States Lyndon B....

(born August 27, 1908, Gillespie county, Texas, U.S.—died January 22, 1973, San Antonio, Texas) 36th president of the United States (1963–69). A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the United States Senate, Johnson was elected vice...

(b. August 27, 1908; d. January 22, 1973) Thirty-sixth president of the United States (1963–1969). Lyndon Baines Johnson, the son of a Texas legislator and a proponent of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, was elected to the U.S....

(born Aug. 27, 1908, Gillespie county, Texas, U.S.—died Jan. 22, 1973, San Antonio, Texas) 36th president of the U.S. (1963–69). He taught school in Houston, Texas, before going to Washington, D.C., in 1932 as a congressional aide. In...

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