LYNDON B.
JOHNSON
Johnson was born in a three-room farmhouse on the
Pedernales
River
between stonewall and
Johnson city
, Texas, on the morning of August 27, 1908.his father was Sam Ealy Johnson Jr.
(1877-1937), farmer, trader, legislator; and his mother was Rebekah Baines
Johnson (1881-1958). Johnson was the oldest of five children, he had three
sisters and a brother-Mrs. Rebekah L. Bobbitt, Josefa H. Moss, Sam Houston
Johnson and Mrs. Lucia H Alexander.
Lyndon B. Johnson married Claudia Alta “ Lady Bird”
Taylor
when he was 26 and she was 21 years of age at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in
San Antonio
,
Texas
. They had two daughters- Lynda Bird Johnson (1944- ) and Lucy Baines Johnson
(1947- ).
He attended public elementary schools near his birth place
and in
Johnson city
. After graduation from the seventh grade in Junction school in 1920, he
completed the eight grade at stonewall and Albert Schools. He attended
Johnson City
High school
(1921-1924). He worked from dishwasher to elevator operator for the next two
years. He decided to go back to college and attended
South
Texas
State
Teachers College
(1927-1930). He worked his way through college as a trash collector, assistant
janitor and finally assistant secretary to the college president. He thought at
a Predominant Mexican-American school in Cotulla
Texas
while taking a few courses at
Southwest
Texas
State
extension there. He graduated in August 1930. Johnson studied Law briefly,
(1934-1935) at
Georgetown
University
.
Lyndon joined the Naval Reserve in 1940 and served as
lieutenant commander in the navy from December 1941 to July 1942 while a
congressman. He resigned his commission following an executive order that all
congressmen in the service resume their legislative duties. His public positions
include: Director of National Youth Administration in
Texas
(1935-1937); U.S. Representative (1937-1949); U.S. Senator (1949-1961) and Vice
President (1961-1963) before he assumed the presidency.
Lyndon B. Johnson was riding two cars behind President
Kennedy when he was assassinated in
Dallas
. The same day he was administered the Presidential oath by U.S. Court Judge
Sarah T. Hughes aboard Air Force One at Dallas Love Field, November 22, 1963. In
August 1964, Johnson was nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party
and was elected President of the
United States
in November 3, 1964. His vice president was Hubert Horatio Humphrey (1911-1978)
who served 1965-1969.
Johnson survived two different heart attacks, one in 1955
and another heart attack in 1972. He was stricken by a third attack while
napping about 3:30 pm in January 22nd, 1973. He died enrooted to the
Hospital January 22nd, 1973, about 4 pm
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