LYNDON B. JOHNSON

BASIC INFO

• August 27, 1908- January 22, 1973
• Texas
• 37th Vice President, 1 of 4 people to serve in all elected federal offices
• Representative, senator, Vice President, president
• Also six years as a us senate majority leader and he was a farmer

ELECTION INFO

• Sworn in at Air Force one at Dallas love field November 22,1963
• He also ran in 64 and won
• He was democrat
• Won against Barry Goldwater (52 electoral votes)
• He had 486 electoral votes

MAJOR EVENTS

• Renamed the nasa space station to John F Kennedy space station
• (The name before was nasa space Apollo launch operations)
• On the same day (November 29) he issued a investigation on JFK's assassination
• In signed the civil rights act in 1964
• Signed the voting rights act in 1965

WEIRD FACTS

• First president to be sworn by a woman
• Only president sworn in Texas
• Didn't swear with a hand on a bible
• First president to arrest and prosecute kkk members

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