Lyndon B. Johnson
by Stephen Ferraro
President Lyndon B. Johnson was our 36th president of our country. At first, he served as John F. Kennedy’s vice president. Johnson was the first candidate from a Southern state to be elected president of the United States for more than a century. He became president on November 22, 1963, hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Texas. In 1964 Johnson was elected to a full four-year term as a democrat by the largest popular majority in modern U.S. history. His triumph represented a victory for the average voter in U.S. politics, with which Johnson, as a congressman, Senate leader, and vice president, had identified himself. Johnson died in 1973 and was buried at the LBJ Ranch, in Johnson City, Texas.
Work Cited
"Johnson, Lyndon Baines." Encarta. Microsoft. 21 Nov 2007