Lyndon+B.+Johnson

=Lyndon B. Johnson= toc Lyndon B. Johnson was born on November 22,1963 and died January 20,1969. He was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He was also the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 and the became the 36th President. Johnson was a Democrat, and succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Early Life Johnson
Johnson was born on August 27, 1908 Stonewall, Texas. Johnson had three sisters and one brother. When Johnson was in 11th grade he went to Johnson City High School and got elected as his class president. He went to Southwest Texas State Teachers' College and became a Teacher, career politician. He taught in Pearsall High School in Pearsall, Texas. After he was done teaching, he took position as teacher of public speaking at Sam Houston High School in Houston.

Presidency
Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president and took office on November 22, 1963, he got sworn in on a Plane. He was preceded by John F. Kennedy. Johnson was a Democrat, completed Kennedy's term and was elected president in his own right in landslide victory in the 1964 Presidential election. One of his main responsibilities was designing the "Great Society" legislation that included civil rights laws, medicare, medicaid, "War on Poverty", and the Vietnam War. LBJ was a great president not only because he was in the white house as the VP, but also because he was the 9th and 11th US Senate Majority Leader. Some of the things JFK did not get to finish, like the "Great Society", was finished by LBJ, because Johnson thought he would get more famous by doing something JFK tried to do.

Civil Rights Act
This was an act that Kennedy tried to pass when he was president, but never finished it because of his assassination, so when Johnson became president, he tried to finish it. The Civil Rights act outlawed almost all discrimination in 1964 with this act. It appointed Thurgood Marshall as a supreme court justice. It also allowed the Voting Rights Act be passed in 1965.

"Great Society"
While JFK was president, he created something called the "Great Society". It was used to help any rights, laws, and acts, but one of Kennedy's rights did not finish or he could not get it to pass, and never finished it because of his assassination, so Johnson tired to finish the things JFK did that were not finished. Johnson tried to pass laws that would make him look good, like discrimination in all places (civil rights act), programs to help the sick and poor, and economic opportunity act. A couple of programs from the Great Society were, voting rights act, housing act, immigration act of 1965, money to help primary and secondary education, and medicare for health insurance.

President Johnson
Johnson was born on November 22, 1963 and died January 20, 1969. Johnson being known for our 37 th Vice president for JFK, he was also the 36 th president, after JFK had died. A great thing he didn’t make but finish was the “Great Society” and tried to pass the Civil Rights Act. He wanted to finish all the things JFK started and be known as a great president.