Lyndon B. Johnson was an imposing figure in Washington, known for his effective but heavy-handed methods for corralling political support. He is the last vice president to become president after ...

Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963. Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in his 1964 election campaign, ...

Lyndon Johnson would likely recognize the Republicans ... run for higher office to the U.S. Senate before later becoming vice president in 1960. As you historians out there are likely to be ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson barked into the two-way radio: "One to Mike, One to Mike!" Secret Service Agent Mike Howard, riding behind the President's aqua vehicle in a more sedate station wagon ...

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Born: August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas... Lyndon Johnson was the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court. On June 13, 1967, Johnson named Thurgood Marshall ...

But Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United ... people in his ranch 60 miles from Austin before becoming vice president. As a senator, the guest list that graced his ranch already ...

Lyndon Johnson hired Geri Whittington as his secretary because she was the most qualified. She was also the first Black woman ...

Johnson, a former vice president and Senate majority leader ... not unlike that faced long ago under different circumstances by President Lyndon B. Johnson," Doggett said. "Today’s courageous ...

One president emerged as a pivotal figure in the progression of the Civil Rights Movement and that was Lyndon B. Johnson.

"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B ... In the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as John F. Kennedy's running mate, was elected Vice President. On ...