Lyndon B. Johnson was born in 1908 in Texas to Sam Ealy Johnson Jr. and Rebekah Baines Johnson. After graduating college in 1930, he worked as a teacher and got involved in politics, helping with a congressional campaign. In 1934 he married Claudia Alta Taylor, known as Lady Bird. Johnson was elected to the House of Representatives in 1937 and later the Senate in 1948. He was selected as John F. Kennedy's vice presidential candidate in 1960 and became president in 1963 after Kennedy's assassination. As president, Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law and won the 1964 presidential election by a landslide. After leaving office in 1969, he retired to his ranch in Texas where he died

1. Lyndon B. Johnson By: Levi Fleeger

2. Johnson’s Parents Lyndon B. Johnson’s father’s name was Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr. He was a business man and a member of the Texas House Of Representatives. His mother’s name was Rebekah Baines Johnson. She was the daughter of Joseph Baines, who was a state legislator and a graduate of Baylor College.

3. Johnson’s Birth Lyndon B. Johnson was the first child of five children. He was born in a three room house in Gillespie County that is in South-Central Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson was born on August 27, 1908.

4. Three years after Lyndon graduated high school in 1924 he went to Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos. While studying there in 1928-29 he took a teaching job at a mostly Mexican-American school in Cotulla, Texas. The extreme poverty of his students made a strong impression on him. Even later while he got involved with politics Johnson became close to the Mexican-American community in Texas. Johnson’s Life After High School

5. Johnson Learns About Politics After Johnson graduated college in 1930, he won praise as a teacher and public speaking. Later that same year Johnson participated in a congressional campaign of Richard Kleberg(who was the son of one of Texas’s richest men). While helping in his campaign, Johnson quickly learned tons of stuff about congressional politics.

6. Johnson Gets Married In 1934, in San Antonio, Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson got married. His wife’s name was Claudia Alta Taylor, but as a child she was better known as “Lady Bird.” “Lady Bird” was a recently graduated from the University of Texas, where she finished near the top of her class. She also made Lyndon b. Johnson’s appearance sharper, which later on may of helped.

7. Johnson’s political career blossoms Johnson’s political career blossomed rapidly after he became friends with Sam Rayburn, who would later the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives. Johnson first successfully ran for a seat in the House of Representatives as a supporter of the “New Deal” (a series of economical programs passed by congress while F. D. R. was president) policies of democratic president, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

8. Johnson Runs For Senate In 1941 Johnson successfully ran for a seat in the U. S. Senate. He ran again in 1948, he won by only 87 votes out of 988,000 votes casted. Johnson then remained in the U. S. Senate for 12 years. Fact: In 1955, while he was in the senate, he had a severe heart attack.

9. Johnson Becoming Vice President In 1960, Johnson lost the presidential nomination to John F. Kennedy. He then surprised many people when he joined J. F. K. as the vice presidential candidate.

10. Johnson Becomes President In Dallas, on November 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. At 2:38 that day, Johnson took the oath of office in the presidential plane, Air Force One, as it sat on the tarmac at Love Field, Dallas waiting to take president Kennedy’s remains back to Washington. Johnson became president the 36th president of the U. S. A. as a democrat. Johnsons vice president was Hurbert Humphrey.

11. Johnson As President On July 2, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. It was the biggest and most important Civil Rights Acts In American history. In the 1964 presidential elections Johnson beat his opponent, Barry Goldwater, easily. Johnson received more than 61 percent of the popular votes, the largest percentage ever for any presidential elections.

12. After His Presidency After Johnson attended Nixon’s Inauguration in January, 1969 he retired to his home in Texas, the LBJ Ranch, near Johnson City. Then in January, 1973 Johnson suffered a heart attack and died. He was buried where he felt the most at home: his ranch in Texas.

13. A presidents hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.-Lyndon B. Johnson