Lyndon B. Johnson

Early Life
Lyndon Baines Johnson was born in August of 1908, and grew up in Texas. He graduated high school at the age of fifteen. He attended college at Texas State University-San Marcos, but only for a year. He got married in 1934 to Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, who was the First Lady of the United States during his presidency.

Public Life
He served eight years in the House of Representatives. Then he was elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. At the time, he was the youngest minority leader in the history of the Senate in the 2nd term in the Senate was cut short because was chosen to be John F Kennedy’s running mate. Later he became president. He only became president when John F Kennedy was killed in Texas, on November 22, 1963. LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964. Protests of the Vietnam War were quite common during his Presidency. In his Presidency, he amended the Social Security Act, making more senior citizens eligible for Medicare. In 1968, he lessened the bombing of North Vietnam.

Later Life and Death
He left the Presidency in January 1969. He died in 1973 on January 22nd, three years and two days after he left the Presidency.