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Definition: Johnson from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary

Lyndon Baines Johnson 1908–1973 Am. polit.; 36th pres. of the U.S. (1963–69)

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Johnson, Lyndon Baines

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1908–73, 36th President of the United States (1963–69), b. near Stonewall, Tex. Born into a farm family, he graduated (1930) from Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now Southwest Texas State Univ.), in San Marcos. He taught in a Houston high school before becoming (1932) secretary to a Texas Congressman. In 1934 he married Claudia Alta Taylor (see Lady Bird Johnson ), and they had two daughters, Lynda Bird and Luci Baines. A staunch New Dealer, Johnson gained the friendship of the influential Sam Rayburn , at whose behest President Franklin D. Roosevelt made him (1935) director in Texas of the National Youth Administration. In 1937, Johnson won election to a vacant congressional seat, and he was consistently reelected through 1946. Despite Roosevelt's support, however, he was defeated in a special election to the Senate in 1941. He served (1941–42) in the navy. In 1948, Johnson was elected U.S. Senator from Texas after winning the Democratic primary by a mere 87 votes. A strong…
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Full text Article Lyndon B. Johnson: To Fulfill These Rights, June 4, 1965

From Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches
You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, “you are free to compete with all the others.” President Lyndon Johnson delivered this historic commencement address at Howard University on the heels of a…
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Full text Article Lyndon B, Johnson

From Chambers Classic Speeches
Lyndon Baines Johnson known as LBJ (1908-73) was born near Stonewall, Texas, into a Baptist family which was involved in state politics. He worked his way through college to become a high school teacher, then a Congressman's secretary, He was elected to Congress in 1937, and was a strong supporter…
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36th US president (1963-69), vice president (1960-63). Johnson represented Texas as a Democrat in the House of Representatives (1937-48) and the Senate (1948-60). He served as vice president to John F. Kennedy , and became president after Kennedy's assassination (1963). He secured the passage of the…
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Full text Article Johnson, Lyndon Baines

From The Great American History Fact-Finder
Thirty-sixth president of the United States (1963–69). Born in Stonewall, Texas, Johnson began his career as a speech and debate teacher. In 1937 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a New Deal Democrat. He joined the U.S. Senate in 1948 and served as majority leader from 1955 to…
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Full text Article Johnson, Lyndon Baines (1908–1973)

From The Oxford Companion to International Relations
Born on a farm in the Texas Hill Country near the village of Stonewall, Lyndon Baines Johnson was the eldest of five children. His father, Sam Ealy Johnson, had served in the Texas legislature, and young Lyndon grew up in an atmosphere that emphasized politics and public affairs. Lyndon's mother, …
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Full text Article Johnson, Lyndon Baines 1908-1973

From Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations
Assuming the Presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson pursued no major initiatives in the nation's China policy. Johnson's tenure as President (1963–1969) was marred by the Vietnam War, and his belief that the insurgency of the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were…
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Full text Article Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908–1973)

From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
The presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, from 1963 to 1969, has remained central to the culture wars of the past several decades because of the divisions that it fostered between liberals and conservatives. Liberals have applauded Johnson's Great Society programs, including civil rights legislation, …
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Full text Article JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines (1908-1973)

From The Encyclopedia of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
“Landslide Lyndon” Johnson earned his nickname by...
Texas native Lyndon Johnson won his first election to Congress (financed by oil tycoons and assisted by flagrant voter fraud) in 1936. He served six terms in the House before he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1948 (by which time his talent for enlisting the dead to vote alphabetically had earned…
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Full text Article Johnson, Lyndon B (1908–1973)

From Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience
Protesters urged President Lyndon Johnson to get...
Marred by the failures of the Vietnam War, and obscured by the martyrdom of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy , Lyndon Baines Johnson championed most of the twentieth century's most salient pieces of American civil rights legislation. A consummate politician, Johnson helped persuade President Dwight…
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Full text Article Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908–1973)

From Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
The thirty-sixth president of the United States (1963–1969), Johnson was most noted for Americanizing the Vietnam War. Johnson was elected to the House of Representatives in 1937 and to the Senate in 1948 and quickly rose to prominence in the Democratic Party. Johnson served as vice president from…
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