Lyndon B. Johnson (1908)
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| Sex: | Male |
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| Birth: | August 27, 1908 Stonewall, Texas |
| Death: | January 22, 1973 Stonewall, Texas |
| Spouse: | [[Lady Bird Johnson]] |
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| (العربية): | ليندون جونسون |
| (Ελληνικά): | Λύντον Τζόνσον |
| (English): | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| (فارسی): | لیندون بنیز جانسون |
| (עברית): | לינדון ג'ונסון |
| (हिन्दी): | लिंडन जाह्नसन |
| (日本語): | リンドン・ジョンソン |
| (한국어): | 린든 존슨 |
| (Русский): | Джонсон, Линдон Бейнс |
| (ייִדיש): | לינדאן זשאנסאן |
| (中文): | 林登·约翰逊 |
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Lyndon B. Johnson
- Lyndon B. Johnson, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963–1969). Johnson served a long career in the U.S. Congress, and in 1960 was selected by then-Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy to be his running-mate. Johnson became the thirty-seventh Vice President, and in 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following Kennedy's assassination. He was a major leader of the Democratic Party and as President was responsible for designing his Great Society, comprising liberal legislation including civil rights laws, Medicare (health care for the elderly), Medicaid (health care for the poor), aid to education, and a "War on Poverty". Simultaneously, he escalated the American involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16,000 American soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 in early 1968.
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