Lyndon b johnson biography timeline with pictures

"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. In his first years of office he obtained passage of one of the most extensive legislative programs in the Nation's history. Maintaining collective security, he carried on the rapidly growing struggle to restrain Communist encroachment in Viet Nam.

Johnson was born on August 27, , in central Texas, not far from Johnson City, which his family had helped settle. He felt the pinch of rural poverty as he grew up, working his way through Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now known as Texas State University-San Marcos); he learned compassion for the poverty of others when he taught students of Mexican descent.

In he campaigned successfully for the House of Representatives on a New Deal platform, effectively aided by his wife, the former Claudia "Lady Bird" Taylor, whom he had married in

During World War II he served briefly in the Navy as a lieu

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Lyndon B. Johnson Event Timeline

Lyndon B. Johnson (36) Event Timeline

11/22/ - 01/20/

11/22/

President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX. Subsequently, Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested and charged with the murder.

11/22/

Vice President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as Presidentaboard Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Texas.

11/24/

At the Dallas Police Station, Lee Harvey Oswald is shot and killed by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner.

11/25/

National broadcasts televise Kennedy’s funeral, funeral procession, and burial. 

11/28/

Address to the Nation on the Thanksgiving after President Kennedy’s assassination.

11/29/

Signs Executive Order creating a kommission to investigate the assassination of President John Kennedy.

12/17/

Signs the Clean Air Act. This bill aimed to control air pollution on the federal level.

12/17/

Address to the United Nations.

01/08/

Annual State

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Lyndon B. Johnson

President of the United States from to

"Lyndon Johnson" and "LBJ" redirect here. For the American football player, see Lyndon Johnson (American football). For other uses, see LBJ (disambiguation).

Lyndon B. Johnson
Official portrait,
In office November 22, &#;– January 20,
Vice President
Preceded by	John F. Kennedy
Succeeded by	Richard Nixon
In office January 20, &#;– November 22,
President	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Richard Nixon
Succeeded by	Hubert Humphrey
In office January 3, &#;– January 3,
Preceded by	W. Lee O'Daniel
Succeeded by	William A. Blakley
In office April 10, &#;– January 3,
Preceded by	James P. Buchanan
Succeeded by	Homer Thornberry
Born	Lyndon Baines Johnson ()August 27, Gillespie County, Texas, U.S.
Died	January 22, () (aged&#;64) Gillespie County, Texas, U.S.
Resting place	Johnson Family Cemetery
Political party	Democr