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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ , was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969), a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963). He is one of only four people [1 ] who served in all four elected federal offices of the United States: Representative, Senator, Vice President, and President. [2 ] Johnson, a Democrat from Texas , served as a United States Representative from 1937–1949 and as a Senator from 1949–1961, including six years as United States Senate Majority Leader , two as Senate Minority Leader and two as Senate Majority Whip . After campaigning unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in 1960, Johnson was asked by John F. Kennedy to be his running mate for the 1960 presidential election . Lyndon B Johnson 1964 2 1/2" Vari-Vue Flicker Presidential Campaign Pin Back Button. Johnson succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, completed Kennedy's term and was elected President in his own right, winning by a large margin in the 1964 election . Johnson was greatly supported by the Democratic Party and as President, he was responsible for designing the " Great Society " legislation that included laws that upheld civil rights , public broadcasting , Medicare , Medicaid , environmental protection, aid to education, and his " War on Poverty ." Johnson was renowned for his domineering personality and the "Johnson treatment," his coercion of powerful politicians in order to advance legislation.Meanwhile, Johnson escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War , from 16,000 American advisors/soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 combat troops in early 1968, as American casualties soared and the peace process bogged down. The involvement stimulated a large angry antiwar movement based especially on university campuses in the U.S. and abroad. [3 ] Summer riots broke out in most major cities after 1965, and crime rates soared, as his opponents raised demands for "law and order" policies. The Democratic Party split in multiple feuding factions, and after Johnson did poorly in the 1968 New Hampshire primary, he ended his bid for reelection. Republican Richard Nixon was elected to succeed him. Historians argue that Johnson's presidency marked the peak of modern liberalism in the United States after the New Deal era. Johnson is ranked favorably by some historians because of his domestic policies.years Lyndon Johnson in 1915 Johnson was born in Stonewall, Texas , in a small farmhouse on the Pedernales River , the oldest of five children. His parents, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr. , and Rebekah Baines, had three girls and two boys: Johnson and his brother, Sam Houston Johnson (1914–78), and sisters Rebekah (1910–78), Josefa (1912–61), and Lucia (1916–97). The nearby small town of Johnson City, Texas , was named after LBJ's father's cousin, James Polk Johnson, whose forebears had moved west from Oglethorpe County, Georgia . The Johnsons were of Ulster Scot and English ancestry. In school, Johnson was an awkward, talkative youth and was elected president of his 11th-grade class. He graduated from Johnson City High School (1924), having participated in public speaking, debate, and baseball. [6 ][ 7] [better source needed ]Johnson was maternally descended from a pioneer Baptist clergyman, George Washington Baines , who pastored eight churches in Texas, as well as others in Arkansas and Louisiana . Baines was also the president of Baylor University during the American Civil War . George Baines was the grandfather of Johnson's mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson (1881–1958).Johnson's grandfather, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr. , was raised as a Baptist. Subsequently, in his early adulthood, he became a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) . In his later years the grandfather became a Christadelphian ; Johnson's father also joined the Christadelphian Church toward the end of his life. [8 ] Later, as a politician, Johns... read more

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