Lyndon Baines Johnson the 36th President of the United States was born near Stonewall, Texas in 1908. He was the eldest of five children. His father had served on the Texas legislature five times. Although Johnson shared his father's interest in politics he went to college and began working on a school teaching career. He graduated with a degree in history and went on to teach at a high school in Houston. After two years he became interested in a political position and took the job of private secretary to Congressman Richard Kleberg of Corpus Christi.
In 1934 Johnson married Claudia Alta Taylor, a graduate from the University of Texas. The couple had two daughters.
Three years later a Congressman of central Texas died and an election was held to replace him. Johnson decided to run and won by a large margin. During World War 2 Johnson's main concern was national defense. He constructed a naval training station in Corpus Christi and a Naval Reserve installation at Dallas.
For the 1940 election he was in charge of the national campaign to keep the House of Representatives, Democratic.
In 1960 Johnson was nominated as a candidate for President for the Democratic National Convention. Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts won and offered Johnson the position of Vice-President, which he accepted. Possibly due to Johnson's campaigning in the south John Kennedy won the presidential election of 1960. As Vice-President Johnson took interest in the space program and moved its headquarters to Houston.
In the first three months Johnson saw the Civil Rights bill pass the House and his tax cut bill through the Senate. In February he proposed a program called Medicare. In the matter of foreign policies Johnson made great efforts to improve relations between the United States and the USSR; he increased trade, cultural, and economic exchange programs. Johnson was also determined to see that the Vietnam War did not fail. In 1967 Johnson announced that Tet O
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