Lyndon B. Johnson — 36th President of the United States
36th President of the United States, Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson
Term: Nov 22, 1963 – Jan 20, 1969
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) was the thirty-sixth president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He succeeded John F. Kennedy following Kennedy's assassination and won the 1964 election by a landslide. His "Great Society" domestic agenda produced major legislation including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited racially discriminatory voting practices. His presidency also saw a major escalation of U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War; troop levels rose from around 16,000 advisers when he took office to over 500,000 by 1968, and the war's costs and casualties contributed to his decision not to seek re-election.
“In a land of great wealth, families must not live in hopeless poverty. In a land rich in harvest, children just must not go hungry.”