Lyndon Baines Johnson
Thirty Sixth President of the United States
1963-1969
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Date of birth: August 27, 1908
Place of birth: Johnson City, Texas
Date of death: January 22, 1973
Place of death: Johnson City, Texas
Party: Democrat
Wife: Claudia Alta Taylor
Occupation: Teacher, Public Official

During his presidency, Lyndon Baines Johnson

• had a Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey
  
• signed a tax reduction bill
  
• started war on poverty campaign
  
• began fighting in Vietnam
  
• started department of Housing and Urban Development
  
• nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court
  
• ordered a reduction of efforts in Viet Nam
  
• withdrew his re-election for 1968 campaign