Lyndon Baines Johnson named after W.C. Linden, a lawyer and family friend, Baines was his mother’s maiden name

Born: August 27, 1908 (1908-08-27)Stonewall, Texas
Died: January 22, 1973 (aged 64) Stonewall, Texas
Nationality: American
Father: Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr.
Mother: Rebekah Baines Johnson
Spouse: Claudia "Lady Bird" Alta Taylor (1912-2007), on November 17, 1934
Education: Graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College (1930) (now known as Texas State University-San Marcos)
Occupation: Teacher, Career politician, public official
Religion: Disciple of Christ
Took office: November 22, 1963
Left office: January 20, 1969
Party: Democratic
Presidential Salary: $100,000/year + $50,000 expense account
Vice President: None (1963–1965); Hubert Humphrey (1965–1969)
Preceded by: John F. Kennedy
Succeeded by: Richard Nixon

Other Government Positions

• Congressional Secretary, 1931-37
• Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1937-49
• United States Senator, 1949-61
• Vice President, 1961-63 (under Kennedy)

Presidential Nicknames

• L.B.J.: He liked to be known by this abbreviation, which was used in the slogan, “All the way with L.B.J.”. Coincidentally, when he married Claudia Taylor, who had been nicknamed, “Lady Bird” since infancy, her initials also became L.B.J. The L.B.J. theme was taken to extremes when he called his dog, “Little Beagle Johnson”
• Landslide Lyndon: Sarcastic reference to the hotly-disputed 87-vote win that took him to the Senate in 1949
• Light-Bulb Johnson

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