Birth and Childhood/Identity

Date: August 27, 1908

Place: Stonewall, Texas

Wife: “Lady Bird”

Political Career

1937: US House of Representatives

1949: US Senate; 1955 Senate Majority Leader… “the most effective Senate Majority leader in US History”

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Political Career

1960: Chosen as JFK’s VP

1963: Becomes president upon JFK’s assassination

1964 Election

• Defeats Barry Goldwater (extreme conservative)

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Domestic Policy

War on poverty

The great societyCivil RightsMedicareMedicaidAid to educationContinued war on povertyA Culture challenging the establishment

Foreign Policy

Dominican Republic—22,000 troopsEscalation of vietnam