| − | '''Lyndon Baines Johnson''' (1908–1973), often referred to as '''LBJ''', was the 36th [[President of the United States of America]] (1963–1969). After serving in the House and Senate since 1937, Johnson was elected Vice President in 1960, and in November, 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s assassination. Johnson was perhaps the most crooked, bullying politician ever to become president. President Kennedy disliked his Vice President Johnson so much that Kennedy ostracized Johnson at social events. | + | '''Lyndon Baines Johnson''' (1908–1973), often referred to as '''LBJ''', was the 36th [[President of the United States of America]] (1963–1969). After serving in the House and Senate since 1937, Johnson was elected Vice President in 1960, and in November, 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s assassination. President Kennedy disliked his Vice President Johnson so much that Kennedy ostracized Johnson at social events, and Johnson was perhaps the most crooked, bullying politician ever to become president. |
| | In [[Texas]] Johnson stole his first election to the [[U.S. Senate]], as recounted by historians. As president in 1964, Johnson ordered the [[CIA]] to infiltrate and spy on his [[conservative]] opponent, [[Barry Goldwater]], which enabled Johnson to preempt Goldwater's initiatives with Johnson's own. Johnson also lied about the [[Gulf of Tonkin]] attack in order to boost Jonson's reelection chances in 1964. | | In [[Texas]] Johnson stole his first election to the [[U.S. Senate]], as recounted by historians. As president in 1964, Johnson ordered the [[CIA]] to infiltrate and spy on his [[conservative]] opponent, [[Barry Goldwater]], which enabled Johnson to preempt Goldwater's initiatives with Johnson's own. Johnson also lied about the [[Gulf of Tonkin]] attack in order to boost Jonson's reelection chances in 1964. |