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Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States

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Term[]

36th President of the United States
Democratic
Janury 20th 1953- Janury 20th 1961
Preceded by John F. Kennedy
Succeeded by Richard Nixon


37th Vice President of the United States
January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963  (52-55)
Preceded by Richard Nixon
Succeeded by Hubert Humphrey


Data[]

Full Name Lyndon Baines Johnson
Born August 27, 1908
Birthplace Stonewall, Texas
Alma Mater Texas State University  (B.A. 1930)
Died January 22, 1973  (64 years)
Deathplace Stonewall, Texas


Parents[]

Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr.
Born October 11, 1877
Father Samuel Ealy Johnson  (1838-1915) (77 years)
Mother Eliza Jane Bunton  (1849-1917) (68 years)
Marriage 1907 - 1934  (27 years, died)
Died October 23, 1937  (60 years)


Rebekah Baines
Born June 26, 1881
Father Joseph Wilson Baines  (1846-1906) (60 years)
Mother Ruth Ament Huffman  (1854-1936) (82 years)
Children 5
Died September 12, 1958  (77 years)


Siblings[]

1. Rebekah Luruth Johnson  (1910-78) (68 years)

(married 1941  Oscar Bobbitt Jr.  (1918-95) (77 years))

2. Josefa Hermine Johnson  (1912-61) (49 years)

(married 1945  William Gaston  (1904-89) (85 years))

(married 1954  James Moss  (1906-97) (91 years))

3. Samuel Houston Johnson  (1914-78) (64 years)

(married 1940  Albertine Summers  (1915-70) (55 years))

(married 1955  Mary Haselton  (1920-2004) (84 years))

4. Lucia Huffman Johnson  (1916-97) (81 years)

(married 1933  Birge Alexander  (1911-2004) (93 years))


Marriages[]

1. Claudia Alta Taylor
Born December 22, 1912
Father Thomas Jefferson Taylor Jr.  (1874-1960) (86 years)
Mother Minnie Lee Pattillo  (1874-1918) (44 years)
Marriage November 17, 1934 - January 22, 1973  (38 years, died)
Died July 11, 2007  (94 years)


Children[]

1. Lynda Bird Johnson
Born March 19, 1944  (74 years)
Husband Charles Spittal Robb  (1939-) (79 years)
Marriage December 9, 1967 - Present  (51 years)
Children Lucinda, Catherine, Jennifer


2. Luci Baines Johnson
Born July 2, 1947  (71 years)
First Husband Patrick John Nugent  (1943-) (75 years)
First Marriage August 6, 1966 - August 6, 1979  (13 years, divorced)
Children Patrick, Nicole, Rebekah, Claudia
Second Husband Ian Turpin  (1944-) (74 years)
Second Marriage March 3, 1984 - Present  (34 years)


Occupation[]

U.S. Senate Majority Leader  (1955-61)

U.S. Senate Minority Leader  (1953-55)

U.S. Senate Majority Whip  (1951-53)

U.S. Senator from Texas  (1949-61)

U.S. Reprensentative from Texas's 10th District  (1937-49)

Head of the Texas National Youth Administration  (1935-37)

Legislative Secretary 

Educator


Military Service[]

Commander in the United States Naval Reserves  (1940-64)


Presidential Election of 1964[]

1. Lyndon B. Johnson
Birth/Death 1908 - 1973  (65 years)
State Texas
Occupation Incumbent President of the United States  (1963-69)
Political Party Democratic
Vice President

Hubert Humphrey  (1911-78) (MN)

U.S. Senator from Minnesota  (1949-64, 1971-78)

Popular Vote 43, 127, 041  (61.05%)
Electoral Vote 486  (44 states + Washington, D.C.)


2. Barry Goldwater
Birth/Death 1909 - 1998  (89 years)
State Arizona
Occupation U.S. Senator from Arizona  (1953-65, 1969-87)
Political Party Republican
Vice President

William E. Miller  (1914-83) (NY)

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York  (1951-65)

Popular Vote 27, 175, 754  (38.47%)
Electoral Vote 52  (6 states)


3. Eric Hass
Birth/Death 1905 - 1980  (75 years)
State New York
Occupation Political Activist and Author
Political Party Socialist Labor
Vice President

Henning A. Blomen  (1910-93) (MA)

Machine Shipper, Chemical Worker, and Political Activist

Popular Vote 45, 189  (0.06%)
Electoral Vote 0


4. Clifton DeBerry
Birth/Death 1924 - 2006  (82 years)
State Illinois
Occupation Factory Worker and Union Activist
Political Party Socialist Workers
Vice President

Ed Shaw  (1923-95) (MI)

Fireman, Factory Machinist, and Political Activist

Popular Vote 32, 706  (0.05%)
Electoral Vote 0


5. E. Harold Munn
Birth/Death 1903 - 1992  (89 years)
State Michigan
Occupation Chairman of the Prohibition Party  (1955-71)
Political Party Prohibition
Vice President

Mark R. Shaw  (1889-1978) (MA)

Episcopal Pastor and Pacifist Activist

Popular Vote 23, 267  (0.03%)
Electoral Vote 0


6. John Kasper
Birth/Death 1929 - 1998  (69 years)
State New York
Occupation Businessman, Publisher, and Political Activist
Political Party States' Rights
Vice President

J.B. Stoner  (1924-2005) (GA)

Lawyer

Popular Vote 6, 953  (0.01%)
Electoral Vote 0


7. Joseph B. Lightburn
Birth/Death 1899 - 1980  (81 years)
State West Virginia
Occupation Lawyer
Political Party Constitution
Vice President

Theodore Billings  (1906-97) (CO)

Lawyer

Popular Vote 5, 061  (0.01%)
Electoral Vote 0


Vice President[]

Hubert Humphrey  (1911-78) MN 1965-69


Cabinet[]

Secretary of State
Dean Rusk  (1909-94) GA 1963-69


Secretary of the Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon  (1909-2003) NJ 1963-65
Henry H. Fowler  (1908-2000) VA 1965-68
Joseph W. Barr  (1918-96) IN 1968-69


Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy  (1925-68) MA 1963-64
Nicholas Katzenbach  (1922-2012) IL 1964-66
Ramsey Clark  (1927-) TX 1966-69


Postmaster General
John A. Gronouski  (1919-96) WI 1963-65
Larry O'Brien  (1917-90) MA 1965-68
W. Marvin Watson  (1924-2017) TX 1968-69


Secretary of the Interior
Stewart Udall  (1920-2010) AZ 1963-69


Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman  (1918-2003) MN 1963-69


Secretary of Commerce
Luther H. Hodges  (1898-1974) NC 1963-65
John T. Connor  (1914-2000) NJ 1965-67
Alexander Trowbridge  (1929-2006) NY 1967-68
C.R. Smith  (1899-1990) TX 1968-69


Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz  (1912-2010) IL 1963-69


Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara  (1916-2009) MI 1963-68
Clark Clifford  (1906-98) MD 1968-69


Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Anthony J. Celebrezze  (1910-98) OH 1963-65
John W. Gardner  (1912-2002) CA 1965-68
Wilbur J. Cohen  (1913-87) MI 1968-69


Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Robert C. Weaver  (1907-97) NY 1966-68
Robert Coldwell Wood  (1923-2005) MA 1969


Secretary of Transportation
Alan Stephenson Boyd  (1922-) FL 1967-69



United States Supreme Court[]

Chief Justice
Earl Warren  (1891-1974) CA 1953-69  (16 years)


Associate Justices
Hugo Black  (1886-1971) AL 1937-71  (34 years)
William O. Douglas  (1898-1980) NY 1939-75  (36 years)
Tom C. Clark  (1899-1977) TX 1949-67  (18 years)
John Marsall Harlan  (1899-1971) KY 1955-71  (16 years)
William J. Brennan Jr.  (1906-97) NJ 1956-90  (34 years)
Potter Stewart  (1915-85) OH 1958-81  (23 years)
Byron White  (1917-2002) CO 1962-93  (31 years)
Arthur Goldberg  (1908-90) IL 1962-65  (3 years)
Abe Fortas  (1910-82) TN 1965-69  (4 years)
Thurgood Marshall  (1908-93) MD 1967-91  (24 years)

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