Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States, serving from 1963-1969. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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Johnson served as a United States Representative from Texas from 1937–1949 and as United States Senator from 1949–1960, including six years as United States Senate Majority Leader. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders (also called Senate Floor Leaders) are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences After campaigning unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in 1960, Johnson was selected by John F. Kennedy to be his running-mate for the 1960 presidential election. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of The United States presidential election of 1960 marked the end of Dwight D Johnson's popularity as President steadily declined after the 1966 Congressional elections, and his reelection bid in the 1968 United States presidential election collapsed as a result of turmoil within the Democratic party related to opposition to the Vietnam War. The US House election 1966 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1966 which occurred in the middle of President Lyndon Johnson Please DO NOT flip the colors -->The United States presidential election of 1968 was a wrenching national experience and included the assassination of Democratic candidate He withdrew from the race to concentrate on peacemaking. Johnson was renowned for his domineering (or dominating) personality and the "Johnson treatment," his arm-twisting of powerful politicians.
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Early years
Johnson was maternally descended from a pioneer Baptist clergyman, George Washington Baines, who pastored some eight churches in Texas as well as others in Arkansas and Louisiana. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. George Washington Baines Sr ( December 29, 1809 -- December 28, 1882) a maternal great-grandfather of U Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America Baines was also the president of Baylor University, then in Independence, in Washington County during the American Civil War. Baylor University is a private, Baptist -affiliated Research University located in Waco Texas. Independence is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas, United States. Washington County is a County in the US state of Texas, known for the Convention of 1836 where the Texas Declaration of Independence Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South George Baines was the grandfather of Johnson's mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson.
The President's grandfather, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr., was raised as a Baptist. Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr, ( November 12, 1838 Alabama - February 25, 1915 Stonewall Texas) was a cattleman and Subsequently, in his early manhood, he became a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ is a Mainline Protestant denomination in North America In his later years he became a Christadelphian. Christadelphians (from the Greek for Brothers of Christ / Christ's Brethren: Christou Adelphoi; cf [1] According to Lady Bird Johnson, President Johnson's father also joined the Christadelphian Church toward the end of his life. Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (December 22 1912&ndashJuly 11 2007 was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 having been the wife of Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr ( Buda Texas October 11 1877 – October 23 1937) was the father of thirty-sixth President [2] Later, as a politician LBJ was influenced in his attitude towards the Jews by the religious beliefs that his family, especially his grandfather, had shared with him (see Operation Texas). PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Family denotes a group of People affiliated by consanguinity affinity or co-residence Operation Texas was an Undercover operation to relocate European Jews to Texas, USA away from Nazi persecution [1][3]
Johnson was born near Stonewall, Texas, on August 27, 1908, in a small farmhouse in a poor area on the Pedernales River. Stonewall is a Census-designated place (CDP in Gillespie County, Texas, United States. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Farmhouse is a general term for the main house of a Farm. It is a type of Building or House which serves a Residential purpose in a The Pedernales River (ˌpɝdəˈnæləs is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long in central Texas in the United States. His parents, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr. and the former Rebekah Baines, had three girls and two boys: LBJ and his brother, Sam Houston Johnson (1914-1978), and sisters Rebekah (1910–1978), Josefa (1912–1961), and Lucia (1916–1997). Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr ( Buda Texas October 11 1877 – October 23 1937) was the father of thirty-sixth President Samuel Houston Johnson ( January 31, 1914 - December 11, 1978) was the younger brother of President Lyndon B The nearby small town of Johnson City, Texas was named after LBJ's father's cousin, James Polk Johnson, whose forebears had moved west from Georgia. Johnson City is a city in Blanco County, Texas, United States. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule In school, Johnson was an awkward, talkative youth and was elected president of his eleventh-grade class. He graduated from Johnson City High School in 1924. [4] In 1925, he worked as an elevator operator in downtown San Bernardino, California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. [5][6]
In 1926, Johnson enrolled in Southwest Texas State Teachers' College (now Texas State University-San Marcos). Texas State University–San Marcos, often referred to as Texas State University, Texas State, or TxState (it actively discourages the use of "TSU" Texas State University–San Marcos, often referred to as Texas State University, Texas State, or TxState (it actively discourages the use of "TSU" He worked his way through school, participated in debate and campus politics, edited the school newspaper, dropped out of school in 1927 and returned one year later, graduating in 1930. The college years refined his skills of persuasion and political organization. In 1927 Johnson taught mostly Mexican children at the Welhausen School in Cotulla, some ninety miles south of San Antonio in La Salle County. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Cotulla is a city in La Salle County, Texas, United States. The population was 3614 at the 2000 census La Salle County is a County located in the US state of Texas. In 1930 he taught in Pearsall High School in Pearsall, Texas and afterwards took a position as teacher of public speaking at Sam Houston High School in Houston. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pearsall is a city in Frio County, Texas, United States. The population was 7157 at the 2000 census Sam Houston Center for Math Technology and Science [7] When he returned to San Marcos in 1965, after having signed the Higher Education Act, Johnson looked back:
- "I shall never forget the faces of the boys and the girls in that little Welhausen Mexican School, and I remember even yet the pain of realizing and knowing then that college was closed to practically every one of those children because they were too poor. And I think it was then that I made up my mind that this nation could never rest while the door to knowledge remained closed to any American. "[8]
Early political career
Johnson briefly taught public speaking and debate in a Houston high school, then entered politics. Johnson's father had served five terms in the Texas legislature and was a close friend to one of Texas's rising political figures, Congressman Sam Rayburn. The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the US state of Texas. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn ( January 6 1882 – November 16 1961) was a Democratic politician from Bonham Texas In 1930, Johnson campaigned for Texas State Senator Welly Hopkins in his run for Congress. Hopkins recommended him to Congressman Richard M. Kleberg, who appointed Johnson as Kleberg's legislative secretary. Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr (1887-1955 was a seven-term member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 14th congressional district over the period LBJ was elected speaker of the "Little Congress," a group of Congressional aides, where he cultivated Congressmen, newspapermen and lobbyists. Johnson's friends soon included aides to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as fellow Texans such as Vice President John Nance Garner. John Nance Garner IV nicknamed "Cactus Jack" (November 22 1868 &ndash November 7 1967 was the forty-fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives He became a surrogate son to Sam Rayburn.
Johnson married Claudia Alta Taylor (already nicknamed "Lady Bird") of Karnack, Texas on November 17, 1934 after having attended Georgetown University Law School for several months. Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (December 22 1912&ndashJuly 11 2007 was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 having been the wife of Karnack is a rural unincorporated community in northeastern Harrison County near Caddo Lake in the eastern region of the U Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georgetown University is a Jesuit Private university located in Georgetown Washington D They had two daughters, Lynda Bird, born in 1944, and Luci Baines, born in 1947. Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born March 19, 1944) is the elder of the two daughters of United States President Lyndon Baines Johnson Luci Baines Johnson Turpin, formerly Nugent (born July 2, 1947) is the younger daughter of U Johnson enjoyed giving people and animals his own initials; his daughters' given names are examples, as was his dog, Little Beagle Johnson.
In 1935, he was appointed head of the Texas National Youth Administration, which enabled him to use the government to create education and job opportunities for young people. The National Youth Administration (NYA was a New Deal agency in the United States. He resigned two years later to run for Congress. Johnson was a notoriously tough boss throughout his career, often demanding long workdays and work on weekends, and Johnson himself worked as hard as any member of his staff. [9]
House years
In 1937 Johnson successfully contested a special election for Texas's 10th congressional district, which covered Austin and the surrounding hill country. Texas District 10 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves the northwestern portion of the Greater Houston He ran on a New Deal platform and was aided effectively by his wife. The New Deal was the name that United States President Franklin D He served in the House from April 10, 1937 to January 3, 1949[10]. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
President Roosevelt found Johnson to be a welcome ally and conduit for information, particularly with regards to issues concerning internal politics in Texas (Operation Texas) and the machinations of Vice President Garner and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. Operation Texas was an Undercover operation to relocate European Jews to Texas, USA away from Nazi persecution John Nance Garner IV nicknamed "Cactus Jack" (November 22 1868 &ndash November 7 1967 was the forty-fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Speaker of the House is a political term referring to a number of people In the United Kingdom and Canada, the Speaker of the House Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn ( January 6 1882 – November 16 1961) was a Democratic politician from Bonham Texas Johnson was immediately appointed to the Naval Affairs Committee. He worked for rural electrification and other improvements for his district. Johnson steered the projects towards contractors that he personally knew, such as the Brown Brothers, Herman and George, who would finance much of Johnson's future career. KBR Inc (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root) is an American engineering and construction company formerly a subsidiary of Halliburton, based in [11] In 1941, he ran for the U.S. Senate in a special election against the sitting Governor of Texas, radio personality W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel in an election marked by massive fraud on the part of both campaigns. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Governors of Texas Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel ( March 11, 1890 - May 11, 1969) was a radio personality and a Democratic Party Politician Johnson was not expected to win against the popular governor, but he ran a strong race and was declared the winner in unofficial returns - ultimately losing due to controversial official returns.
War record
After America entered the war in December 1941, Johnson, still in Congress, became a commissioned officer in the Navy Reserves, then asked Undersecretary of the Navy James Forrestal for a combat assignment. James Vincent Forrestal ( February 15, 1892 &ndash May 22, 1949) was a United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United [12] Instead he was sent to inspect the shipyard facilities in Texas and on the West Coast. In the spring of 1942, President Roosevelt needed his own reports on what conditions were like in the Southwest Pacific. The South West Pacific was one of two theatres of World War II in the Pacific region between 1942 and 1945. Roosevelt felt information that flowed up the military chain of command needed to be supplemented by a highly trusted political aide. From a suggestion by Forrestal, President Roosevelt assigned Johnson to a three-man survey team of the Southwest Pacific.
Johnson reported to General Douglas MacArthur in Australia. General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Johnson and two Army officers went to the 22nd Bomb Group base, which was assigned the high risk mission of bombing the Japanese airbase at Lae in New Guinea. The United States 22nd Bomb Group was established on 1 February 1940 under the command of the First Air Force in response to For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. An airbase, sometimes referred to as an Air Force Station, a military Airport or airfield, provides basing and support of Military Lae, the capital of Morobe Province is the second largest city in Papua New Guinea New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known A colonel took Johnson's original seat on one bomber, and it was shot down with no survivors. Reports vary on what happened to the B-26 Marauder carrying Johnson. See A-26 Invader for the plane known as the B-26 from 1948 to 1962 Some accounts say it was also attacked by Japanese fighters but survived, while others, including other members of the flight crew, claim it turned back due to generator trouble before reaching the objective and before encountering enemy aircraft and never came under fire, which is supported by official flight records. [13] Other airplanes that continued to the target did come under fire near the target at about the same time that Johnson's plane was recorded as having landed back at the original airbase. [14] MacArthur awarded LBJ the Silver Star, the military's third-highest medal, although it is notable that no other members of the flight crew were awarded medals, and it is unclear what Johnson could have done in his role purely as an "observer" to deserve the medal, even if it had seen combat. The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
Johnson's biographer, Robert Caro, stated, "The most you can say about Lyndon Johnson and his Silver Star is that it is surely one of the most undeserved Silver Stars in history. Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is a Biographer most noted for his studies of United States political figures Robert Moses Because if you accept everything that he said, he was still in action for no more than 13 minutes and only as an observer. Men who flew many missions, brave men, never got a Silver Star. "[15]
Johnson reported back to Roosevelt, to the Navy leaders, and to Congress that conditions were deplorable and unacceptable. He argued the South West Pacific urgently needed a higher priority and a larger share of war supplies. The warplanes sent there, for example, were "far inferior" to Japanese planes, and morale was bad. He told Forrestal that the Pacific Fleet had a "critical" need for 6,800 additional experienced men. Johnson prepared a twelve-point program to upgrade the effort in the region, stressing "greater cooperation and coordination within the various commands and between the different war theaters. " Congress responded by making Johnson chairman of a high-powered subcommittee of the Naval Affairs committee. With a mission similar to that of the Truman Committee in the Senate, he probed into the peacetime "business as usual" inefficiencies that permeated the naval war and demanded that admirals shape up and get the job done. However, Johnson went too far when he proposed a bill that would crack down on the draft exemptions of shipyard workers if they were absent from work too often. Organized labor blocked the bill and denounced Johnson. Still, Johnson's mission had a substantial impact because it led to upgrading the South Pacific theater and aided the overall war effort immensely. Johnson’s biographer concludes, "The mission was a temporary exposure to danger calculated to satisfy Johnson's personal and political wishes, but it also represented a genuine effort on his part, however misplaced, to improve the lot of America's fighting men. "[16]
Senate years
1948 contested election
In 1948, Johnson again ran for the Senate and won. The US Senate election 1948 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the election of Democratic President Harry This election was highly controversial: a three-way Democratic Party primary saw Johnson facing a well-known former governor, Coke Stevenson, and a third candidate. A primary election ( nominating primary) also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a Jurisdiction select candidates Coke Robert Stevenson ( March 20, 1888 June 28, 1975) was Governor of Texas from 1941 to 1947 Johnson drew crowds to fairgrounds with his rented helicopter dubbed "The Flying Windmill". He raised money to flood the state with campaign circulars, and won over conservatives by voting for the Taft-Hartley act curbing unions and by criticizing unions on the stump. Stevenson came in first, but lacked a majority, so a runoff was held. Johnson campaigned even harder, while Stevenson's efforts were poor. The runoff count took a week as the two candidates see-sawed for the lead. The Democratic State Central Committee handled the count (not the state, because it was a party primary), and it finally announced Johnson won by eighty-seven votes. The committee voted 29-28 to certify Johnson's nomination, with the last vote cast on Johnson's behalf by the Temple publisher Frank W. Mayborn, who rushed back to Texas from a business trip in Nashville, Tennessee. Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. Adjacent to the county seat ( Belton) Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Frank Willis Mayborn ( December 7 1903 - May 16 1987) Was a 20th century Texas Newspaper Publisher There were many allegations of fraud on both sides. Thus one writer alleges that Johnson's campaign manager, John B. Connally, was connected with 202 ballots in Precinct 13 in Jim Wells County that had curiously been cast in alphabetical order and all just at the close of polling. John Bowden Connally Jr ( February 27 1917 June 15 1993) was a powerful American politician, serving as Governor A ballot is a device (originally a small ball—see blackball) used to record choices made by Voters Each voter uses one ballot and ballots are not Jim Wells County is a County located in the US state of Texas. Robert Caro argued in his 1989 book that Johnson had rigged the election in Jim Wells County, and other counties in South Texas, as well as rigging 10,000 ballots in Bexar County alone. Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is a Biographer most noted for his studies of United States political figures Robert Moses Bexar County is a County located in the US state of Texas. As of 2006 the population was estimated at 1555931 [17]
However, the state Democratic convention upheld Johnson. Stevenson went to court, but — with timely help from his friend Abe Fortas — Johnson prevailed. Abraham Fortas ( June 19, 1910 – April 5, 1982) was a US Supreme Court associate justice. Johnson was elected senator in November, and went to Washington, D.C. tagged with the ironic label "Landslide Lyndon," which he often used deprecatingly to refer to himself. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
Freshman Senator
Once in the Senate, Johnson was known among his colleagues for his highly successful "courtships" of older senators, especially Senator Richard Russell, patrician leader of the Conservative coalition and arguably the most powerful man in the Senate. Richard Brevard Russell Jr ( November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American Democratic Party politician who The Conservative coalition, in the United States of America, was an unofficial Congressional coalition in American politics bringing together the conservative Johnson proceeded to gain Russell's favor in the same way that he had "courted" Speaker Sam Rayburn and gained his crucial support in the House.
Johnson was appointed to the Senate Armed Services Committee, and later in 1950, he helped create the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee. Johnson became its chairman and conducted investigations of defense costs and efficiency. These investigations tended to dig out old forgotten investigations and demand actions that were already being taken by the Truman Administration, although it can be said that the committee's investigations caused the changes. However, Johnson's brilliant handling of the press, the efficiency with which his committee issued new reports, and the fact that he ensured every report was endorsed unanimously by the committee all brought him headlines and national attention.
In 1951 Johnson was chosen as Senate Majority Whip under a new Majority Leader, Ernest McFarland of Arizona, and served from 1951 to 1953[18]. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Ernest William McFarland ( October 9, 1894 - June 8, 1984) an American Politician and with Warren Atherton The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Senate Democratic leader
In the 1952 general election Republicans won majority in both House and Senate. The US Senate election 1952 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the election of Dwight D Among defeated Democrats that year was McFarland, who lost to then-little known Barry Goldwater, Johnson's future presidential opponent.
In January 1953, Johnson was chosen by his fellow Democrats to be the minority leader. Thus, he became the least senior Senator ever elected to this position, and one of the least senior party leaders in the history of the Senate. On the other side the whip is usually first in line to replace party leader (i. e. , most recently whip Harry Reid became Senate Minority Leader after Tom Daschle's defeat). Harry Mason Reid (born December 2 1939 is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, as well as Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947) is a former US Senator and Senate Majority Leader from South Dakota.
One of his first actions was to eliminate the seniority system in appointment to a committee, while retaining it in terms of chairmanships. In the 1954 election, Johnson was re-elected to the Senate, and since the Democrats won the majority in the Senate, Johnson became majority leader. The US Senate election of 1954 was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D LBJ's duties were to schedule legislation and help pass measures favored by the Democrats. He, Rayburn and President Dwight D. Eisenhower worked smoothly together in passing Eisenhower's domestic and foreign agenda. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general As Majority Leader, Johnson was responsible for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation passed by the Senate since Reconstruction. The Civil Rights Act of 1957, primarily a voting rights bill was the first Civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since
Historians Caro and Dallek consider Lyndon Johnson the most effective Senate majority leader in history. Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Theodore Francis Green ( October 2, 1867 &ndash May 19, 1966) was an American politician from the U He was unusually proficient at gathering information. One biographer suggests he was "the greatest intelligence gatherer Washington has ever known", discovering exactly where every Senator stood, his philosophy and prejudices, his strengths and weaknesses, and what it took to win him over. [19] Central to Johnson's control was "The Treatment",[20] described by two journalists:[21]
- The Treatment could last ten minutes or four hours. It came, enveloping its target, at the LBJ Ranch swimming pool, in one of LBJ's offices, in the Senate cloakroom, on the floor of the Senate itself — wherever Johnson might find a fellow Senator within his reach.
- Its tone could be supplication, accusation, cajolery, exuberance, scorn, tears, complaint and the hint of threat. It was all of these together. It ran the gamut of human emotions. Its velocity was breathtaking, and it was all in one direction. Interjections from the target were rare. Johnson anticipated them before they could be spoken. He moved in close, his face a scant millimeter from his target, his eyes widening and narrowing, his eyebrows rising and falling. From his pockets poured clippings, memos, statistics. Mimicry, humor, and the genius of analogy made The Treatment an almost hypnotic experience and rendered the target stunned and helpless.
Vice Presidency
Johnson's success in the Senate made him a possible Democratic presidential candidate. The United States presidential election of 1960 marked the end of Dwight D He was the "favorite son" candidate of the Texas delegation at the Party's national convention in 1956. A favorite son (or a favorite daughter) is a political term that can refer to two different types of Politicians A politician whose electoral In 1960, after the failure of the "Stop Kennedy" coalition he had formed with Stevenson, Symington, and Humphrey, Johnson received 409 votes on the first and only ballot at the Democratic convention, which nominated John F. Kennedy.
Tip O'Neill, then a representative from Kennedy's home state of Massachusetts, recalled that Johnson approached him at the convention and said, "Tip, I'd like to have you with me on the second ballot. Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr ( December 9, 1912 &ndash January 5, 1994) was an American politician. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. " O'Neill, understanding the influence of the Kennedy name, replied, "Senator, there's not going to be any second ballot. "[22]
During the convention, Kennedy designated Johnson as his choice for Vice President. Some later reports (such as Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s) say that Kennedy offered the position to Johnson as a courtesy and did not expect him to accept. Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr, born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger ( October 15 1917 &ndash February 28 2007) was a Pulitzer Prize recipient Others (such as W. Marvin Watson) say that the Kennedy campaign was desperate to win the 1960 election against Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and needed Johnson on the ticket to help carry Southern states. William Marvin Watson (b June 6, 1924) was an advisor to US President Lyndon B The United States presidential election of 1960 marked the end of Dwight D Henry Cabot Lodge Jr ( July 5, 1902 &ndash February 27, 1985) was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive
At the same time as his Vice Presidential run, Johnson also sought a third term in the U. S. Senate. According to Robert Caro, "On November 5, 1960, Lyndon Johnson won election for both the vice presidency of the United States, on the Kennedy-Johnson ticket, and for a third term as Senator (he had had Texas law changed to allow him to run for both offices). When he won the vice presidency, he made arrangements to resign from the Senate, as he was required to do under federal law, as soon as it convened on January 3, 1961. "[23] (In 1988, Lloyd Bentsen, the Vice Presidential running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, and also a Senator from Texas, took advantage of "Lyndon's law," and was able to retain his seat in Senate despite Dukakis' loss to George H. W. Bush. Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr ( February 11 1921 – May 23 2006) was a four-term United States senator (1971 until 1993 from Texas The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician former Governor of Massachusetts, and was the Democratic The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 The same went for Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut in 2000 after Al Gore lost to George W. Bush. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24 1942 is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. )
Johnson was reelected Senator with 1,306,605 votes (58 percent) to Republican John Tower's 927,653 (41. John Goodwin Tower ( September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was the first Republican United States senator from Texas 1 percent). Fellow Democrat William A. Blakley was appointed to replace Johnson as Senator, but Blakley lost a special election in May 1961 to Tower. William Arvis "Dollar Bill" Blakley ( November 17, 1898 &ndash January 5, 1976) was an American senator and
After the election, Johnson found himself powerless. Despite Kennedy's efforts to have Johnson busy, informed, and at the White House often, his advisors and even some of his family were dismissive to the Texan. Kennedy appointed him to nominal jobs such as head of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, through which he worked with African Americans and other minorities. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Though Kennedy probably intended this to remain a nominal position, Taylor Branch in Pillar of Fire contends that Johnson served to force the Kennedy administration's actions for civil rights further and faster than Kennedy intended to go. Taylor Branch (born January 14, 1947 in Atlanta Georgia) is an American author and Historian best known for his award-winning trilogy of Branch notes the irony of Johnson, who the Kennedy family hoped would appeal to conservative southern voters, being the advocate for civil rights. In particular he notes Johnson's Memorial Day 1963 speech at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania as being a catalyst, that led to much more action than otherwise would have occurred. Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (on May in) Gettysburg is a borough 38 miles (68 km south by southwest of Harrisburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA, of which it is the
Johnson took on numerous minor diplomatic missions, which gave him limited insights into international issues. He was allowed to observe Cabinet and National Security Council meetings. A National Security Council (NSC is usually an Executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief Kennedy did give Johnson control over all presidential appointments involving Texas, and he was appointed chairman of the President's Ad Hoc Committee for Science. When, in April 1961, the Soviets beat the U. S. with the first manned spaceflight, Kennedy tasked Johnson with coming up with a 'scientific bonanza' that would prove world leadership. Spaceflight is the use of Space technology to fly a Spacecraft into and through Outer space. Johnson knew that Project Apollo and an enlarged NASA were feasible, so he steered the recommendation towards a program for landing an American on the moon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program
Presidency 1963–1969
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Two hours and 8 minutes after President Kennedy was shot two cars in front of him in a Dealey Plaza motorcade, Johnson was sworn in as President on Air Force One in Dallas at Love Field Airport on November 22, 1963. The assassination of John F Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday November 22 1963 in Dallas Texas Dealey Plaza (ˈdiːli in the historic West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas ( U WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Dallas Love Field is a city-owned public-use Airport located five Nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the Central business district of Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was sworn in by Federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes, a very close friend of his family, making him the first President sworn in by a woman. Sarah Tilghman Hughes ( August 2, 1896 &ndash April 23, 1985) was an American lawyer and federal judge who swore-in He is also the only President to have been sworn in on Texas soil. Johnson was not sworn on a Bible, as none could be found aboard Air Force One; a Roman Catholic missal was discovered in Kennedy's desk, and this book was used during the swearing-in ceremony. A missal is a Liturgical book containing all instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the year [24]
To investigate Kennedy's murder, Johnson created a special panel called the Warren Commission. The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as The Warren Commission, was established on November 29, 1963 This panel, headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, conducted hearings about the assassination and concluded that Oswald did indeed shoot the President without conspiring with anyone. Earl Warren ( March 19, 1891 July 9, 1974) was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States and the only person ever elected thrice Not everyone agreed with the Warren Commission, however, and numerous public and private investigations continued for decades after Johnson left office. [25]
The wave of national grief following the assassination gave enormous momentum to Johnson's promise to carry out Kennedy's programs. He retained the senior Kennedy appointees, some for the full term of his presidency. Even the late President's brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, with whom Johnson had an infamously difficult relationship, remained in office until leaving in 1964 to run for the Senate. In most Common law jurisdictions the Attorney General, or Attorney-General, is the main legal advisor to the government and in some jurisdictions may in addition Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a [26]
1964 Presidential election
On September 7, 1964, Johnson's campaign managers for the 1964 presidential election broadcast the "Daisy ad. Please DO NOT flip the colors -->The United States presidential election of 1964 was one of the most lopsided presidential elections in the history of the United States Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Please DO NOT flip the colors -->The United States presidential election of 1964 was one of the most lopsided presidential elections in the history of the United States " Daisy," sometimes known as " Daisy Girl " or " Peace Little Girl," was a controversial campaign Television advertisement " It portrayed a little girl picking petals from a daisy, counting up to ten. Then a baritone voice took over, counted down from ten to zero and a nuclear bomb exploded. The message was that Barry Goldwater meant nuclear war. Although it was soon pulled off the air, it escalated into a very heated election. Johnson won by a sweeping landslide. Johnson won the presidency with 61 percent of the vote and the then-widest popular margin in the 20th century — more than 15 million votes (this was later surpassed by Nixon's defeat of McGovern in 1972). George Stanley McGovern [27]
In the summer of 1964, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) was organized with the purpose of challenging Mississippi's all-white and anti-civil rights delegation to the Democratic National Convention of that year as not representative of all Mississippians. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP was an American Political party created in the state of Mississippi in 1964, during the At the national convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey the MFDP claimed the seats for delegates for Mississippi, not on the grounds of the Party rules, but because the official Mississippi delegation had been elected by a primary conducted under Jim Crow laws in which blacks were excluded because of poll taxes, literacy tests, and even violence against black voters. The 1964 National Convention of the Democratic Party of the United States took place at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City New Jersey New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enacted primarily but not exclusively in the Southern and border states of the United States between 1876 and 1965 The national Party’s liberal leaders supported a compromise in which the white delegation and the MFDP would have an even division of the seats; Johnson was concerned that, while the regular Democrats of Mississippi would probably vote for Goldwater anyway, if the Democratic Party rejected the regular Democrats, he would lose the Democratic Party political structure that he needed to win in the South. Eventually, Hubert Humphrey, Walter Reuther and black civil rights leaders (including Roy Wilkins, Martin Luther King, and Bayard Rustin) worked out a compromise with MFDP leaders: the MFDP would receive two non-voting seats on the floor of the Convention; the regular Mississippi delegation would be required to pledge to support the party ticket; and no future Democratic convention would accept a delegation chosen by a discriminatory poll. Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving For the Baseball player Walter Ruether see Dutch Ruether. Walter Philip Reuther ( September 1, 1907 – Roy Wilkins ( August 30, 1901 &ndash September 9, 1981) was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader Rustin redirects here for the unrelated film see Rustin (film Bayard Rustin ( March 17, 1912 – August 24 When the leaders took the proposal back to the 64 members who had made the bus trip to Atlantic City, they voted it down. As MFDP Vice Chair Fannie Lou Hamer said, "We didn't come all the way up here to compromise for no more than we’d gotten here. Fannie Lou Hamer (born Fannie Lou Townsend on October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977) was an American Voting rights We didn't come all this way for no two seats, 'cause all of us is tired. " The failure of the compromise effort allowed the rest of the Democratic Party to conclude that the MFDP was simply being unreasonable, and they lost a great deal of their liberal support. After that, the convention went smoothly for LBJ without a searing battle over civil rights. [28] Johnson carried the South as a whole in the election, but he lost the white voters to Goldwater in the Deep South states of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina. The Deep South is a descriptive category of cultural and geographic subregions in the American South. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America.
Civil rights
In conjunction with the civil rights movement, Johnson overcame southern resistance and convinced Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed most forms of racial segregation. The American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968 refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African Origins The bill was introduced by President John F Kennedy in his civil rights speech of June 11 1963, in which he asked for legislation "giving Johnson signed it into law on July 2, 1964. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Legend has it that, as he put down his pen, Johnson told an aide, "We have lost the South for a generation," anticipating a coming backlash from Southern whites against Johnson's Democratic Party. [29] In 1965, he achieved passage of a second civil rights bill, the Voting Rights Act, that outlawed discrimination in voting, thus allowing millions of southern blacks to vote for the first time. Background See also [[Disfranchisement after the Civil War]] The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865 after the Civil War, abolished and prohibited
In 1967, Johnson nominated civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall ( July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American Jurist and the first African American African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States After the murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo, Johnson went on television to announce the arrest of four Ku Klux Klansmen implicated in her death. Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo ( April 11, 1925 &ndash March 25, 1965) was a Civil rights activist from the U Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are He angrily denounced the Klan as a "hooded society of bigots", and warned them to "return to a decent society before it's too late. " He turned the themes of Christian redemption to push for civil rights, thereby mobilizing support from churches North and South. [30]
At the Howard University commencement address on June 4, 1965, he said that both the government and the nation needed to help achieve goals:
To shatter forever not only the barriers of law and public practice, but the walls which bound the condition of many by the color of his skin. Howard University is a private, Coeducational Nonsectarian University located in Washington D Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. To dissolve, as best we can, the antique enmities of the heart which diminish the holder, divide the great democracy, and do wrong — great wrong — to the children of God. . . . [31]
Great Society
The Great Society program became Johnson's agenda for Congress in January 1965: aid to education, attack on disease, Medicare, urban renewal, beautification, conservation, development of depressed regions, a wide-scale fight against poverty, control and prevention of crime, and removal of obstacles to the right to vote. The Great Society was also a 1960s band featuring Grace Slick, and a 1914 book by English social theorist Graham Wallas. Urban Renewal (similar to Urban Regeneration in British English) is a controversial U Suffrage (from the Latin suffragium, meaning "voting tablet" and figuratively "right to vote" probably from suffrago "hough" and originally Congress, at times augmenting or amending, enacted many of Johnson's recommendations.
Federal aid to education
Johnson had a lifelong commitment to the belief that education was the cure for both ignorance and poverty, and was an essential component of the American Dream, especially for minorities who endured poor facilities and tight-fisted budgets from local taxes. The American Dream is Belief in the Freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States to achieve their goals He made education a top priority of the Great Society, with an emphasis on helping poor children. After the 1964 landslide brought in many new liberal Congressmen, he had the votes for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. For the first time large amounts of federal money went to public schools. In practice ESEA meant helping all public school districts, with more money going to districts that had large proportions of students from poor families (which included all the big cities). However, for the first time private schools (most of them Catholic schools in the inner cities) received services, such as library funding, comprising about 12% of the ESEA budget. As Dallek reports, researchers soon found that poverty had more to do with family background and neighborhood conditions than the quantity of education a child received. Early studies suggested initial improvements for poor kids helped by ESEA reading and math programs, but later assessments indicated that benefits faded quickly and left students little better off than those not in the programs. Johnson’s second major education program was the “Higher Education Act of 1965," which focused on funding for lower income students, including grants, work-study money, and government loans. He set up the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, to support humanists and artists (as the WPA once did). The National Endowment for the Humanities ( NEH) is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest New Deal agency employing millions of people Although ESEA solidified Johnson's support among K12 teachers' unions, neither the Higher Education act nor the Endowments mollified the college professors and students growing increasingly uneasy with the war in Vietnam. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially [32]
War on poverty
In 1964, upon Johnson's request, Congress passed a tax-reduction law and the Economic Opportunity Act, which was in association with the war on poverty. Signed by Lyndon B Johnson on August 20 1964, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (,) was central to Johnson's Great Society campaign and The War on Poverty is the name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B
Medicare and Medicaid
Millions of elderly people were aided by the 1965 Medicare amendment to the Social Security Act. Social Security, in the United States currently refers to the federal Old-Age Survivors and Disability Insurance ( OASDI) program Lower income people received medical care funded by the government through the Medicaid program. [33]
Space race
NASA made spectacular explorations in the space program Johnson had championed since its start. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman (February 13 1885 – October 18 1982 widely known as Bess Truman, was the wife of Harry S The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program When three astronauts successfully orbited the moon in December 1968, Johnson congratulated them: "You've taken … all of us, all over the world, into a new era …. "
Urban riots
Major riots in black ghettos caused a series of "long hot summers. A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure " They started with a violent disturbance in Harlem in 1964 and the Watts district of Los Angeles in 1965, and extended to 1970. Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center The term Watts Riots refers to a large-scale Race riot which lasted six days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles California, in August Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The biggest wave came in April, 1968, when riots occurred in over a hundred cities in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader Newark burned in 1967, where six days of rioting left 26 dead, 1500 injured, and the inner city a burned out shell. The 1967 Newark Riots were a major Civil disturbance that occurred in the city of Newark New Jersey between July 12 and July 17 1967 In Detroit in 1967, Governor George Romney sent in 7400 national guard troops to quell fire bombings, looting, and attacks on white-owned businesses and on police. George Wilcken Romney ( July 8 1907 July 26 1995) was an American Businessman and a Politician. Johnson finally sent in federal troops with tanks and machine guns. Detroit continued to burn for three more days until finally 43 were dead, 2250 were injured, 4000 were arrested; property damage ranged into the hundreds of millions; much of inner Detroit was never rebuilt. Johnson called for even more billions to be spent in the cities and another federal civil rights law regarding housing, but his political capital had been spent and his Great Society programs lost support. Johnson's popularity plummeted as a massive white political backlash took shape, reinforcing the sense Johnson had lost control of the streets of major cities as well as his party. [34]
Backlash against Johnson: 1966–67
Johnson's problems began to mount in 1966. By year's end the Democratic governor of Missouri warned that Johnson would lose the state by 100,000 votes, despite a half-million margin in 1964. "Frustration over Vietnam; too much federal spending and . . . taxation; no great public support for your Great Society programs; and . . . public disenchantment with the civil rights programs" had eroded the President's standing, the governor reported. There were bright spots, however. In January 1967 Johnson boasted that wages were the highest in history, unemployment was at a thirteen-year low, and corporate profits and farm incomes were greater than ever; however a 4. 5% jump in consumer prices was worrisome, as well as the rise in interest rates. Johnson asked for a temporary 6% surcharge in income taxes to cover the mounting deficit caused by increased spending. Johnson's approval ratings stayed below 50 percent; by January 1967 the number of his strong supporters had plunged to 16% from 25% four months before. He ran about even with Republican George Romney in trial matchups that spring. Asked to explain why he was unpopular, Johnson responded, "I am a dominating personality, and when I get things done I don't always please all the people. " Johnson also blamed the press, saying they showed "complete irresponsibility and lie and misstate facts and have no one to be answerable to. " He also blamed "the preachers, liberals and professors" who had turned against him. [35] In the congressional elections of 1966 the Republicans gained three seats in the Senate and 47 in the House, reinvigorating the Conservative coalition and making it impossible for Johnson to pass any additional Great Society legislation. The US House election 1966 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1966 which occurred in the middle of President Lyndon Johnson The Conservative coalition, in the United States of America, was an unofficial Congressional coalition in American politics bringing together the conservative
Vietnam War
"If WE think they’re winning then you can imagine what THEY think!"---LBJ speaking with Robert McNamara about the Viet Cong (Recorded July 10, 1965) as shown on the History Channel Documentary: LBJ and The Vietnam War.
President Johnson increasingly focused on the American military effort in Vietnam. He firmly believed in the Domino Theory and that his containment policy required America to make a serious effort to stop all Communist expansion. The domino theory was a Foreign policy theory promoted by the government of the United States, that speculated that if one land in a region came under the influence Containment refers to a Foreign policy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War. At Kennedy's death, there were 16,000 American military advisors in Vietnam. Johnson expanded their numbers and roles following the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (less than three weeks after the Republican Convention of 1964, which had nominated Barry Goldwater for President). The Gulf of Tonkin Incident is the name given to two separate incidents involving naval forces of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam and the United States The 1964 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States took place in the Cow Palace, San Francisco California, on July 13
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave the President the exclusive right to use military force without consulting the Senate, was based on a false pretext, as he later admitted. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (officially the Southeast Asia Resolution Public Law 88-408 was addressed by Lyndon B [36]. It was Johnson who began America's direct involvement in the ground war in Vietnam. By 1968 there were 550,000 American soldiers inside Vietnam; in 1967 and 1968 they were being killed at the rate of over 1000 a month. [37]
Politically, Johnson closely watched the public opinion polls. His goal was not to adjust his policies to follow opinion, but rather to adjust opinion to support his policies. Until the Tet Offensive of 1968, he systematically downplayed the war: few speeches, no rallies or parades or advertising campaigns. The Tet Offensive was a military campaign conducted between 30 January and 23 September 1968, by forces of the Vietcong, or National Front for He feared that publicity would charge up the hawks who wanted victory, and weaken both his containment policy and his higher priorities in domestic issues. Jacobs and Shapiro conclude, "Although Johnson held a core of support for his position, the president was unable to move Americans who held hawkish and dovish positions. " Polls showed that beginning in 1965, the public was consistently 40-50% hawkish and 10-25% dovish. Johnson's aides told him, "Both hawks and doves [are frustrated with the war] . . . and take it out on you. "[38]
It was domestic issues that were driving his polls down steadily from spring 1966 onward. Analysts report that "Vietnam had no independent impact on President Johnson's popularity at all after other effects, including a general overall downward trend in popularity, had been taken into account. "[39]
He often privately cursed the Vietnam War, and in a conversation with Robert McNamara, Johnson assailed "the bunch of commies" running the New York Times for their articles against the war effort. Robert Strange McNamara (born June 9 1916 in Oakland, California) is an American business executive and former United States Secretary of Defense [40]Johnson believed that America could not afford to lose and risk appearing weak in the eyes of the world. In a discussion about the war with former President Dwight Eisenhower, Johnson said he was "trying to win it just as fast as I can in every way that I know how" and later stated that he needed "all the help I can get. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general "[41] Johnson escalated the war effort continuously from 1964 to 1968 and the number of American deaths rose. In two weeks in May 1968 alone American deaths numbered 1,800 with total casualties at 18,000. Alluding to the Domino Theory, he said, "If we allow Vietnam to fall, tomorrow we’ll be fighting in Hawaii, and next week in San Francisco. The domino theory was a Foreign policy theory promoted by the government of the United States, that speculated that if one land in a region came under the influence The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city " When reporters repeatedly pressed Johnson in late 1967 on why he was so committed to the war, Johnson exposed an old war wound to them and said, That is why. [42]
After the Tet offensive of January 1968, his presidency was dominated by the Vietnam War more than ever. The Battle of Khe Sanh, or Operation Scotland, Operation Pegasus, was conducted in northwestern Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam As casualties mounted and success seemed further away than ever, Johnson's popularity plummeted. College students and others protested, burned draft cards, and chanted, "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?" Johnson could scarcely travel anywhere without facing protests, and was not allowed by the Secret Service to attend the 1968 Democratic National Convention, where hundreds of thousands of hippies, yippies, Black Panthers and other opponents of Johnson's policy both in Vietnam and in the ghettoes converged to protest. The Draft redirects here For other uses see Draft. Conscription in the United States has been employed several times usually during Chicago Convention redirects here for the Convention on International Civil Aviation for the event also referred to by this name Thus by 1968, the public was polarized, with the "hawks" rejecting Johnson's refusal to win the war, and the "doves" rejecting his continuation of containment. Support for Johnson's middle position continued to shrink until he finally rejected containment and sought a peace settlement. By late summer, however, he realized that Nixon was closer to his position than Humphrey. [43]
1968 Presidential election
Entering the 1968 election campaign, initially, no prominent Democratic candidate was prepared to run against a sitting President of his own party. Please DO NOT flip the colors -->The United States presidential election of 1968 was a wrenching national experience and included the assassination of Democratic candidate Only Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota challenged Johnson as an anti-war candidate in the New Hampshire primary, hoping to pressure the Democrats to oppose the war. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy ( March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was an American Politician, Poet, and a Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. A primary election ( nominating primary) also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a Jurisdiction select candidates On March 12, McCarthy won 42% of the primary vote to Johnson's 49%, an amazingly strong showing for such a challenger. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Four days later, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York entered the race. Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Internal polling by Johnson's campaign in Wisconsin, the next state to hold a primary election, showed the President trailing badly. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States Johnson did not leave the White House to campaign.
Johnson had lost control of the Democratic Party, which was splitting into four factions, each of which despised the other three. The first comprised Johnson (and Humphrey), labor unions, and local party bosses (led by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley). Richard Joseph Daley ( May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) served for 21 years as the undisputed Democratic boss of Chicago The second group comprised students and intellectuals who were vociferously against the war, and rallied behind McCarthy. The third group comprised Catholics and blacks; they rallied behind Robert Kennedy. Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a The fourth group was traditional white Southerners, who rallied behind George C. Wallace and his third party. George Corley Wallace Jr (August 25 1919 September 13 1998 was a Democratic Governor of Alabama for four terms (1963-1967 1971-1979 and 1983-1987 and ran for Vietnam was one of many issues that splintered the party and Johnson could see no way to unite the party long enough for him to win reelection. [44]
In addition, Johnson was concerned that he might not make it through another term. Therefore, at the end of a March 31 speech, he shocked the nation when he announced he would not run for re-election: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your President. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor "[45] He did rally the party bosses and unions to give Humphrey the nomination. In what was termed the October surprise, Johnson announced to the nation on October 31, 1968, that he had ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam", effective November 1, should the Hanoi Government be willing to negotiate and citing progress with the Paris peace talks. In American Political Jargon, an October surprise is a news event with the potential to influence the outcome of an election particularly one for the presidency Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN or less commonly Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa was a Country on the northern half of Vietnam Hanoi ( Vietnamese: Hà Nội Hán Tự: 河[[wikt 内|内]], estimated population 3398889 (2007, is the Capital of Vietnam The Paris Peace Accords (or Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam) were signed on January 27, 1973 by the governments of the
LBJ was not disqualified from running for a second full term under the provisions of the 22nd Amendment; he had served less than 24 months of President Kennedy's term. The Twenty-second Amendment ( Amendment XXII) of the United States Constitution sets a Term limit for the President of the United States. Had he stayed in the race and won and served out the new term, he would have been president for 9 years, second only to Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Administration and Cabinet(All of the cabinet members when Johnson became President in 1963 had been serving under John F. Origins The bill was introduced by President John F Kennedy in his civil rights speech of June 11 1963, in which he asked for legislation "giving The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 () provided $375 million for large-scale urban public or private rail projects in the form of matching funds to cities and states The Wilderness Act of 1964 ( was written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society. The US Food Stamp Program is a Federal assistance program that provides food to low and no income people living in the United States. Signed by Lyndon B Johnson on August 20 1964, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (,) was central to Johnson's Great Society campaign and The Higher Education Act of 1965 (Pub L No 89-329 (the "HSA" was legislation signed into United States law on November 8, 1965 as part of The Social Security Act of 1965 resulted in the passing of two bills Medicare and Medicaid. Background See also [[Disfranchisement after the Civil War]] The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865 after the Civil War, abolished and prohibited The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ( Hart-Celler Act, INS Act of 1965,) abolished the national-origin Quotas that had been in place in the The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 Pub L No 90-202 81 Stat The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 ( set up Public broadcasting in the United States, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and eventually The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 was the first piece of United States federal legislation in regards to minority language speakers In the United States, the fair housing (also open housing) policies date largely from the 1960s Kennedy previously. )  Official White House portrait of Lyndon B. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence Johnson Administration and CabinetSupreme Court appointmentsJohnson appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States:
Post-presidencyAfter leaving the presidency in 1969, Johnson went home to his ranch in Johnson City, Texas. In 1971, he published his memoirs, The Vantage Point. That year, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum opened near the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum is one of 12 presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. He donated his Texas ranch in his will to the public to form the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, with the provision that the ranch "remain a working ranch and not become a sterile relic of the past". Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in central Texas about 50 miles west of Austin in the [46] Death and funeral A memorial wreath at the grave of former U. S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, August 27, 1999. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Johnson died at 4:33 p. m. on January 22, 1973, from a third heart attack at his ranch, at age 64. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply His health was ruined by years of heavy smoking and stress; the former President had severe heart disease. Tobacco Smoking is the inhalation of smoke from burned dried or cured leaves of the Tobacco plant most often in the form of a Cigarette. Heart disease is an Umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the Heart. He was found by Secret Service agents, in his bed, with a phone in his hand. Johnson was honored with a state funeral in which Texas Congressman J. J. Pickle and former Secretary of State Dean Rusk eulogized him at the Capitol. A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony held to honour Heads of state or other important people of national significance James Jarrell Pickle ( October 11, 1913 &ndash June 18, 2005) also known as J David Dean Rusk ( February 9, 1909 &ndash December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents A eulogy is a speech or writing in Praise of a person or thing The final services took place on January 25. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate The funeral was held at the National City Christian Church in Washington, D. C. , where he worshiped often when president. The service, presided over by President Richard Nixon and attended by foreign dignitaries, led by former Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, was the first presidential funeral to feature eulogies, and they were given by the Rev. was a Japanese Politician and the 61st 62nd and 63rd Prime Minister of Japan, elected on November 9 1964 and re-elected on February 17 1967 and January 14 1970 A eulogy is a speech or writing in Praise of a person or thing Dr. George Davis, the church's pastor and W. Marvin Watson, former postmaster general. William Marvin Watson (b June 6, 1924) was an advisor to US President Lyndon B Nixon did not speak, though he attended, as customary for presidents during state funerals, but the eulogists turned to him and lauded him for his tributes, as Rusk did the day before. Johnson was buried in his family cemetery (which can be viewed today by visitors to the Lyndon B. Johnson National Park in Stonewall, Texas), a few yards from the house in which he was born, with eulogies by John Connally and Reverend Billy Graham. John Bowden Connally Jr ( February 27 1917 June 15 1993) was a powerful American politician, serving as Governor William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian The state funeral, the last until Ronald Reagan's in 2004, was part of an unexpectedly busy week for the Military District of Washington (MDW), beginning with Nixon's second inauguration. The 40th President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan, died on June 5 2004 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for nearly a decade Inauguration Day is the day every four years on which the President of the United States is sworn in and takes office. [47] Lady Bird Johnson died 34 years later on July 11, 2007, at her home in Austin, Texas, at the age of 94. Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (December 22 1912&ndashJuly 11 2007 was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 having been the wife of Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Bill Moyers eulogized her: "She seemed to grow calmer as the world around her grew more furious," Moyers said. Bill Moyers (born June 5, 1934, as William Donald "Billy Don" Moyers) is an American Journalist and public commentator [48] Moyers had been a long time friend of President Johnson and his wife and had served as Press Secretary to Johnson in the 1960s. Legacy The coat of arms granted to President Johnson in 1968 The Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, was renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, and Texas created a legal state holiday to be observed on August 27 to mark LBJ's birthday. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The Lyndon B Johnson Space Flight Center ( "JSFC") is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 's center for Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan It is known as Lyndon Baines Johnson Day. Lyndon Baines Johnson Day is a legal State holiday in Texas. It falls every year on August 27, to mark the Birthday of U The Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac was dedicated on September 27, 1974. Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac is located on Columbia Island in Washington D Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The LBJ School of Public Affairs was named in his honor. The Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs' mission is to develop leaders and ideas that will help the nation and the international community address critical public policy Johnson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is a decoration bestowed by the President of the United States and is along with the equivalent Congressional Gold Medal bestowed On March 23, 2007, President George W. Bush signed legislation naming the United States Department of Education headquarters after President Johnson. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The United States Department of Education (also referred to as ED, for Education Department is a Cabinet -level department of the United States [49] Runway 17R/35L at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is known as the LBJ Runway. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is a mixed-use commercial Airport located five miles (8 km) southeast of the Central business district of 2008 is the celebration of the LBJ Centennial featuring special programs, events, and parties across Texas and in Washington, D. C. LBJ would have been 100 years old on August 27, 2008. In popular cultureMusic
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