Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908 near Johnson City, Texas. His father was Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr. and his mother was Rebekah Baines Johnson. In 1930, he graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College. As John F. Kennedy’s Vice-President, Lyndon Johnson became President on November 22, 1963 and served to January 20, 1969.

     Lyndon B. Johnson was a schoolteacher. In 1931, he became a Congressional Secretary. He was later elected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, where he would eventually become Majority Leader. In 1960, knowing he would need the electoral votes of the State of Texas, Senator Kennedy asked Senator Johnson to be his Vice-Presidential running mate – even though neither man much cared for the other. The strategy worked. Texas went for Kennedy & Johnson and they narrowly won the election. After “L.B.J.” became President, he escalated America’s military involvement in a long-ongoing conflict in Viet Nam. The war went on for years. Many Americans were killed and Johnson lost the support of the American people. In a stunning announcement, he chose not to run again in 1968.

     Mr. Johnson married Claudia “Lady Bird” Alta Taylor in 1934. They had two daughters: Lynda Bird and Lucy Baines.

     President Lyndon B. Johnson died on January 22, 1973 at his home near Johnson City, Texas. He was 64 years old.