LBJ Biography

Birth and Childhood/Identity

Date: August 27, 1908

Place: Stonewall, Texas

Wife: “Lady Bird”

Political Career

1937: US House of Representatives

1949: US Senate; 1955 Senate Majority Leader… “the most effective Senate Majority leader in US History”

Political Career

1960: Chosen as JFK’s VP

1963: Becomes president upon JFK’s assassination

1964 Election

• Defeats Barry Goldwater (extreme conservative)

Domestic Policy

War on poverty

The great societyCivil RightsMedicareMedicaidAid to educationContinued war on povertyA Culture challenging the establishment

Foreign Policy

Dominican Republic—22,000 troopsEscalation of vietnam

Technology