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Johnson generally opposed the [[conservative]] wing of the GOP on domestic issues and supported some [[New Deal]] programs.<ref name=encyclopedia/><ref name=britannica/> He even endorsed Democrat [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections, though opposed FDR's 1940 campaign. Despite his support for Roosevelt's agenda on domestic matters, Johnson opposed the [[internationalism|internationalist]] agenda of the administration and voted against the U.S. joining the [[United Nations]].<ref name=encyclopedia/>
Johnson generally opposed the [[conservative]] wing of the GOP on domestic issues and supported some [[New Deal]] programs.<ref name=encyclopedia/><ref name=britannica/> He even endorsed Democrat [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections, though opposed FDR's 1940 campaign. Despite his support for Roosevelt's agenda on domestic matters, Johnson opposed the [[internationalism|internationalist]] agenda of the administration and voted against the U.S. joining the [[United Nations]].<ref name=encyclopedia/>
Johnson died in office on August 6, 1945 and was succeeded by the more [[conservative]] [[William Knowland|William Fife Knowland]].
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