Lyndon Johnson was born in August, 1908. (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States) His father was a politician, a farmer, and a broker. His mother taught Johnson toread at an early age, which helped him with his job that helped him earn money for his family, at a young age. Johnson attended public schools, from elementary to high school, where he graduated in the year 1924. (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States) He spent a few years after that working, before he decided he would pursue more education at Southwest Texas State Teachers College, where he graduated in 1930. Soon after he attended Georgetown University to study law from the years 1934-1935.
Soon after his college life, Johnson moved onto teaching. He didn't stay with it very long, when he decided to join a career of politics. His first job in politics was Director of National Youth Administration, in Texas for the years 1935-1937. (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States) Soon after he was elected as a US Representative for the years 1937-1949. (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States) As a representative he joined the Navy where he fought in World War II as a lieutenant commander. While he served in the military he earned the Silver Star in the South Pacific. He was in the Navy until 1951 (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States), when he was elected as John F. Kennedy's vice president.
Lyndon Johnson was president of the United States in the years 1963 to 1969. (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States) He was the 36th president of the United States. Before serving as president, he was vice president for John Fitzgerald Kennedy from the years 1961-1963. (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States) After JFK was shot on November 22, 1963, (President Kennedy) Johnson was promoted to president, as he was next in line to take that job anyways.
The first thing that Johnson did as president was finish up Kennedy's goal of new civil rights and tax cuts. He then later on after that encouraged the country "to build a great society, a place where the meaning of a man's life matches the marvels of a man's labor." Johnson ran for president in the 1964 election as well, winning with 61% of popular vote, with more than 15,000,000 votes.
Johnson was a firm supporter of the domino effect. He was advised to take a more aggressive approach on the Vietnam war, which caused him to send more troops over. Fifty eight thousand one hundred and forty-three Americans and 3,800,000 Vietnamese soldiers were killed. The military requested more troops but Lyndon knew that his hopes at winning the next election would be ruined if he sent more. This only lead to him waiting until he was elected and then he sent more troops over to South-Vietnam.
Lyndon Johnson was born in August, 1908. (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States) His father was a politician, a farmer, and a broker. His mother taught Johnson toread at an early age, which helped him with his job that helped him earn money for his family, at a young age. Johnson attended public schools, from elementary to high school, where he graduated in the year 1924. (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States) He spent a few years after that working, before he decided he would pursue more education at Southwest Texas State Teachers College, where he graduated in 1930. Soon after he attended Georgetown University to study law from the years 1934-1935.
Lyndon Johnson was president of the United States in the years 1963 to 1969. (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States) He was the 36th president of the United States. Before serving as president, he was vice president for John Fitzgerald Kennedy from the years 1961-1963. (Lyndon B. Johnson - Thirty-Sixth President of the United States) After JFK was shot on November 22, 1963, (President Kennedy) Johnson was promoted to president, as he was next in line to take that job anyways.
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The first thing that Johnson did as president was finish up Kennedy's goal of new civil rights and tax cuts. He then later on after that encouraged the country "to build a great society, a place where the meaning of a man's life matches the marvels of a man's labor." Johnson ran for president in the 1964 election as well, winning with 61% of popular vote, with more than 15,000,000 votes.
Johnson was a firm supporter of the domino effect. He was advised to take a more aggressive approach on the Vietnam war, which caused him to send more troops over. Fifty eight thousand one hundred and forty-three Americans and 3,800,000 Vietnamese soldiers were killed. The military requested more troops but Lyndon knew that his hopes at winning the next election would be ruined if he sent more. This only lead to him waiting until he was elected and then he sent more troops over to South-Vietnam.