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Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27th, 1908. He was born in Texas.
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His mom was Rebekah Baines Johnson and his father was Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. He had 3 sisters and 1 brother. His sisters were Lucia, Josefa, and Rebakah and his brother was Sam Johnson.
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Lyndon Johnson's sister Rebekah Johnson was born on September 12, 1910.
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Josefa Johnson was born May 16, 1912.
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Sam Houston Johnson Lyndon Johnsons brother was born on January 31, 1914.
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Lucia Johnson was born June 20, 1916.
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Lyndon Johnson went to Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now Texas State University) and participated in debates and campus politics. He graduated on August 19th 1930.
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President Johnson was married on November 17, 1934, to Claudia Alta.
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Lyndon Johnson became a teacher in texas on July 25, 1935 but they are not sure what day that he stoped. He was only a teacher for a short period of time even though he went to school for it.
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Lyndon Johnson was appointed Lieutenant Commander of the US Naval Reserve on June 21, 1941
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Birth of his 1st child Lynda Bird Johnson Robb on March 19th, 1944.
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Luci Baines Johnson was born on July 2, 1947.
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When JFK got assasinated Lyndon Johnson was two cars behind him. Two days after the assination Lyndon Johnson became president. Lyndon Johnson finished JFK's term which was two years and then did another full term of four years.
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On November, 22, 1963, Lyndon Johnson became president.
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On May 22, 1964 Johnson laid out his vision of that role in a commencement speech at the University of Michigan. He called the nation to move not only toward "the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the great society," which he defined as the one that would "end poverty and racial injustice."
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Lyndon Johnson started to wind dnow the Veitnam War.
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President Lyndon Johnson ended his presidency on January 20, 1969. He was a very popluar president when he started his 1st trem having 78% of Americans in favor of him but when he ended his presidency he was not very popluar having only 40% of Americans in favor of him.
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Lyndon Johnson extended the New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt, including aid to education, Headstart, Medicare, and Medicaid—programs that are still significant today.
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Lyndon Johnson died on January 22, 1973 in Stonewall, Texas.
