Lyndon B. Johnson

July 11, 2007 -- "I join Americans in mourning the loss of one of our most elegant and accomplished first ladies.

Not only was Lady Bird Johnson an important partner in shaping her husband's legacy in the U.S. Senate and the White House, she also established a proud legacy of her own. She was a pioneer in the environmental cause, and a passionate advocate for her husband’s Great Society, in particular the Head Start program.    » read more »

July 11, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following remarks today on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

“If you look inside my desk right here on the Senate floor, you will see the names of past Democratic Leaders carved within it. One of those names is ‘Johnson—Texas.’ That legend from the Lone Star State – Lyndon Johnson – was a Majority Leader of the Senate, a Vice-President and, of course, the 36th President of the United States.    » read more »

12 July 2007 -- Former First Lady and environment champion Lady Bird Johnson has died at her home in Texas. The widow of President Lyndon Johnson was 94 and had been in failing health for some time.    » read more »

Jul. 11, 2007 -- AUSTIN – Texas Governor Rick Perry today directed that flags be flown at half-staff in memory of Lady Bird Johnson, former U.S. First Lady.    » read more »

"(The Voting Rights Act) was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting." - ourdocuments.gov

Transcript of Voting Rights Act (1965)

AN ACT To enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.    » read more »

This act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 30, 1965, in Independence, MO. It established Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, and Medicaid, a health insurance program for the poor.    » read more »

This joint resolution of Congress (H.J. RES 1145) dated August 7, 1964, gave President Lyndon B. Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam.    » read more »

Biography of Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey (1965-1969)

Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson

I did not become vice president with Lyndon Johnson to cause him trouble. --Hubert H. Humphrey, 1965    » read more »

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963 - 1969)

"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. In his first years of office he obtained passage of one of the most extensive legislative programs in the Nation's history. Maintaining collective security, he carried on the rapidly growing struggle to restrain Communist encroachment in Viet Nam.    » read more »

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1965

My fellow countrymen, on this occasion, the oath I have taken before you and before God is not mine alone, but ours together. We are one nation and one people. Our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not upon one citizen, but upon all citizens.

This is the majesty and the meaning of this moment.

For every generation, there is a destiny. For some, history decides. For this generation, the choice must be our own.    » read more »

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