OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Lyndon Baines Johnson
BORN:
August 27, 1908;
Stonewall, Texas
DIED:
January 22, 1973 (age 64);
Stonewall, Texas
EDUCATION:
Southwest Texas State Teachers College (BA)
Attended Georgetown University Law School (1934)
SPOUSE:
CHILDREN:
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1913:
Moved to Johnson City, Texas
1928-1931:
High School Teacher
1931-1935
Secretary to Representative Richard M. Kleberg
1935:
Texas State Director, National Youth Administration
1937-1949:
U.S. House of Representatives (D-TX)
1941-1942:
Enlisted in Armed Forces during World War II;
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
1949-1961:
U.S. Senator (D-TX)
Democratic Whip (1951-1953),
Minority Leader/ Democratic Caucus Chairman (1955-1961),
Majority Leader/ Democratic Caucus Chairman (1955-1961),
Democratic Policy Committee Chairman (1953-1961)
1961-1963:
Vice President of the United States
1963-1969:
36th President of the United States
FIRST LADY:
VICE PRESIDENT:
RESOURCES:
White House
LBJ Presidential Library
Discover LBJ (Digital Records)
Biographical Directory of Congress
The Miller Center (UVA)
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
LBJ (PBS)
History Channel
Obituary (New York Times)
LBJ Presidential Library
Daily Diary (LBJ Library)
Oral Histories (Miller Center/ LBJ Library)
Presidential Recordings (LBJ Library, Miller Center)
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Public Papers (National Archives)
Speech Archive (LBJ Library, Miller Center)
Photos (LBJ Library, Miller Center)
NOTABLE BOOKS:
1963 SWEARING-IN:
1963 Address to Congress (Transcript, Video)
1965 Inaugural Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies, Washington Post)
Luncheon Menu (1965)
Library of Congress (1963, 1965)
Joint Congressional Committee (1963, 1965)
1964 ELECTION:
DEMOCRATS:
LYNDON B. JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
HUBERT H. HUMPHREY (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 486 (90.3%)
Popular Vote: 43,129,566 (61.1%)
REPUBLICANS:
BARRY GOLDWATER (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM E. MILLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 52 (9.7%)
Popular Vote: 27,178,188 (38.5%)
1965 INAUGURATION:
1963 Address to Congress (Transcript, Video)
1965 Inaugural Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies, Washington Post)
Luncheon Menu (1965)
Library of Congress (1963, 1965)
Joint Congressional Committee (1963, 1965)
JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION:
CHIEF OF STAFF:
W. Marvin Watson (1963–1968)
James R. Jones (1968–1969)
PRESS SECRETARY:
Pierre Salinger (1961–1964)
George Reedy (1964–1965)
Bill Moyers (1965–1966)
George Christian (1966–1969)
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Orville L. Freeman (1961–1969)
BUDGET DIRECTOR:
Kermit Gordon (1962–1965)
Charles L. Schultze (1965–1968)
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
John A. McCone (1961-1965)
William Raborn (1965-1966)
Richard M. Helms (1966-1973)
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
Luther H. Hodges (1963–1965)
John T. Connor (1965–1967)
Alexander B. Trowbridge (1967–1968)
Cyrus R. Smith (1968–1969)
CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS:
Walter W. Heller (1961-1964)
Gardner Ackley (1964-1968)
Arthur Okun (1968-1969)
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF:
Maxwell D. Taylor (1962-1964)
Earle Wheeler (1964-1970)
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE:
Robert S. McNamara (1961–1968)
Clark Clifford (1968–1969)
SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE:
Anthony J. Celebrezze (1963–1965)
John W. Gardner (1965–1968)
Wilbur J. Cohen (1968–1969)
SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT:
Robert C. Weaver (1966–1969)
Robert C. Wood (1969)
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Stewart L. Udall (1961–1969)
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Robert F. Kennedy (1961–1964)
Nicholas Katzenbach (1965–1967)
Ramsey Clark (1967–1969)
SECRETARY OF LABOR:
W. Willard Wirtz (1962–1969)
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER:
McGeorge Bundy (1961–1966)
Walt W. Rostow (1966–1969)
POSTMASTER GENERAL:
John A. Gronouski (1963–1965)
Lawrence F. O’Brien (1965–1968)
W. Marvin Watson (1968–1969)
SECRETARY OF STATE
Dean Rusk (1961–1969)
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION:
Alan S. Boyd (1967–1969)
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
C. Douglas Dillon (1963–1965)
Henry H. Fowler (1965–1968)
Joseph W. Barr (1968–1969)
UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR:
Adlai E. Stevenson II (1961-1965)
Arthur J. Goldberg (1965-1968)
George W. Ball (1968)
James R. Wiggins (1968-1969)
U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE:
Christian A. Herter (1962-1966)
William M. Roth (1967-1969)
ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS:
John S. Gleason (1961–1965)
William J. Driver (1965–1969)
CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE:
William McChesney Martin (1951-1970)
COUNSELORS/ ADVISORS:
Dean Acheson
Bobby Baker
David E. Bell
Horace W. Busby
Omar Bradley
Arthur Dean
Richard N. Goodwin
W. Averell Harriman
Walter Jenkins
Tom Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Harry McPherson
Robert Murphy
Lawrence O’Brien
Matthew Ridgeway
James H. Rowe
R. Sargent Shriver
Theodore C. Sorensen
Jack Valenti
Cyrus Vance
James E. Webb
SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS:
Homer Thornberry (Nullified)
Thurgood Marshall (1967)
Abe Fortas (1965)
CONGRESS:
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
John McCormack (1962-1970)
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER:
Mike Mansfield (1961-1977)
SENATE PRO TEMPORE:
Carl T. Hayden (1956-1969)
Richard Russell (1969-1971)