Johnson was a high school teacher before embarking on his political career. He won election to the House of Representatives in 1937. In the 1960 presidential campaign, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President as John F. Kennedy's running mate. ...
(Read Lyndon Johnson’s Britannica entry on Sam Rayburn.) Early life Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson (left), c. 1915. Johnson, the first of five children, was born in a three-room house in the hills of south-central Texas to Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., a businessman and member of ...
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Below is the article summary. For the full article, seeLyndon B. Johnson. Johnson, Lyndon B.Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson, (born Aug. 27, 1908, Gillespie county, Texas, U.S.—died Jan. 22, 1973, San Antonio, Texas), 36th president of the...
Lyndon B. Johnson, the Great Society, and the Vietnam War An overview of Lyndon B. Johnson. Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Analyze the effects of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed under the Lyndon Johnson administration during the Vietnam War In August 1964, in response to an...
Lyndon B. Johnson - 36th President, Civil Rights, Vietnam War: In Dallas on November 22, 1963, during a political tour of Johnson’s home state, President Kennedy was assassinated. At 2:38 pm that day, Johnson took the oath of office aboard the president
Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th U.S. president, who championed civil rights and the ‘Great Society’ but unsuccessfully oversaw the Vietnam War. A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the Senate, he was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to t
Lyndon B. Johnson - Vietnam War, Civil Rights, Presidency: On January 23, 1968, the American intelligence-gathering vessel USS Pueblo was seized by North Korea; all 80 members of the crew were captured and imprisoned. Already frustrated by the demands of
Britannica Quiz Famous Astronauts and Cosmonauts Kerwin subsequently worked at the astronaut office at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. From 1982 to 1983 he was NASA’s senior science representative in Australia, and from 1983 to 1987 he was director of space and life sciences...