Lyndon B. Johnson-36 President
Background
- Born on August 27, 1908 in Stonewall, TX
- Married Claudia Alta Taylor
- 3 sisters 1 brother
- teacher
- Texas director of the NYA
- Brought electricity yo Texas Hill COuntry
- WWII became congressional inspector of the war progress in the Pacific
- Vice President
Domestic Accomplishments
- Signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Higher Education Act to improve funding to schools, especially those in poor districts
- Signed Civil Rights Act outlawing racial segregation
- Appointed Thurgood Marshall as 1st African American Justice on Supreme Court
- Established the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts to support humanists and artists
- Created programs for poverty like food stamps, work study and Medicare
- Presided over the first manned flight to the Moon with the Apollo 8 program
Foreign Accomplishments
- Increased troops in Vietnam
Elections
- 44 out of 50 states and District of Columbia
- Alaska for Democrats for the 1st and only time
- His opponent was Barry M. Goldwater
- Approval rating was 74.2
Legacy
- Extended the New Deal
- Civil rights act of ‘64
- Vietnam war
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