Life and Background

• Lyndon B Johnson was born on August 27th, 1908 near Johnson City, Texas.



• He grew up mostly in rural poverty.



• He attented Southwest Texas State Teachers college.



• During WWII he served a short time in the navy as a lituenat commander, winning a silver star in the South Pacific.



• He was elected to the Senetate in 1948.



• Johnson became the youngest minority leader in 1953.



• Then the following year he became the youngest majority leader.



• Johnson was sworn in on the plane after Kennedy's assination.



• In 1964 Johnson won presidency with 61% of the vote and with the largest popular vote margin in history over 15,000,000 votes.



• After having one of the biggest wins in electorial history he didn't run again in 1968.



• March 19th 1944 his first daughter Lynda Bird was born.



• Johnson was the first Texan to serve as president.



• Johnson had many victories in the seneta by such a big margin that he earned the nickname "Landslide Lyndon".



• After leaving presidency Johnson wrote his memoirs The Vantage Point.



• Johnson died on his ranch on January 22nd 1973 from a sudden heart attack.