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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1908 - 1973

Biographical History

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) was an American politician, and served as 36th president of the United States.

Citation:
U.S. Cong. H. Comm. on Naval Affairs. Absenteeism act of 1943 ... 1943.

Johnson, R.B. Letters from the Hill Country, 1982: CIP t.p. (Lyndon Baines Johnson)

liverum.com/content/DZHONSON-18650 (Dzhonson (Johnson) Lindon; 1908-1973; 36th President of the United States (1963-1969))

LBJ, c2006: jkt. (Lyndon Johnson)

Rupture des styles et continuité de l'action, 2008: t.p. (L. Johnson) back cover (Lyndon B. Johnson)

Rāikān laʻīat kānraprō̜ng Phana Lindō̜n Bī. Čhō̜nsan, Prathānāthibō̜dī hǣng Saharat ʻAmērikā ... 1966: t.p. (Lindō̜n Bī. Čhō̜nsan) cover (Lyndon B. Johnson)

Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, December 12, 2013 (Johnson, Lyndon Baines, (father-in-law of Charles Spittal Robb), a Representative and a Senator from Texas and a Vice President and 36th President of the United States; born on a farm near Stonewall, Gillespie County, Tex., on August 27, 1908; moved with his parents to Johnson City, in 1913; attended the public schools of Blanco County, Tex.; graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos (now known as Texas State University-San Marcos) in 1930; taught high school 1928-1931; served as secretary to Congressman Richard M. Kleberg in Washington, D.C., 1931-1935; attended the Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., 1934; State director of the National Youth Administration of Texas 1935-1937; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress by special election, April 10, 1937, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James P. Buchanan; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses and served from April 10, 1937, to January 3, 1949; first Member of Congress to enlist in the armed forces after the Second World War began; served as lieutenant commander in the United States Navy 1941-1942; was not a candidate for renomination to the Eighty-first Congress in 1948; elected to the United States Senate in 1948; reelected in 1954 and again in 1960 and served from January 3, 1949, until January 3, 1961, when he resigned to become Vice President; Democratic whip 1951-1953; minority leader 1953-1955; majority leader 1955-1961; chairman, Special Committee on the Senate Reception Room (Eighty-fourth Congress), Special Committee on Astronautics and Space (Eighty-fifth Congress), Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses); elected Vice President of the United States in November 1960, on the Democratic ticket with John F. Kennedy, for the term beginning January 20, 1961; on the death of President Kennedy was sworn in as President of the United States on November 22, 1963; elected President of the United States in 1964, for the term commencing January 20, 1965, and served until January 20, 1969; did not seek reelection in 1968; retired to his ranch near Johnson City, Tex.; died on January 22, 1973; lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, January 24-25, 1973; interment in the family cemetery at the LBJ ranch; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on June 9, 1980)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Invitation to the inauguration of John F. Kennedy as President of the United States

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309616]
Identifier: MSS SC 1151
Scope and Contents

Printed invitation to the Jan 20, 1961 inauguration of John F. Kennedy as President of the United States and Lyndon Baines Johnson as Vice President.

Dates: 1961

David Matthew Kennedy papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1583
Scope and Contents

Diaries, correspondence, business and political records, reports, and miscellaneous items relating to Kennedy's banking and political assignments.

Dates: 1918-1979