LYNDON B JOHNSON

Presidency of Lyndon B Johnson

Out line

Introduction2

Way Toward Politics5

His Nomination As President6

Era of Presidency8

Conclusion17

Introduction

Lyndon Baines Johnson was born August 27, 1908 near Stonewall, Texas, exactly 100 miles west of Austin. His father, Samuel Johnson, Jr., was a farmer, broker, and later employee of the railway. Temporarily - a deputy of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, Texas. Mother of Rebecca Baines after a marriage has left the profession of journalist. Lyndon Johnson, his three younger sisters and brother grew up in poverty, as then, he always claimed. The conditions were modest, but electricity and running water were not in the first decades of the 20th century anywhere in the rolling hills of Texas, to this landscape Johnson was tied all their lives. Years of youth have imposed on him the print: the economic opportunities of the family were limited, and she suffered from a constant drop in prices for agricultural products (Schulman, 1995, Pp. 89-112).

Lyndon B. Johnson was able to get an education at Southwest Texas State Teachers College. For an ambitious, intelligent, sensitive and insecure young man, always in need of self-affirmation, a college of the National Assembly was an incentive. Results of specialization in History and English were average. It's almost boundless energy and indomitable working pressure, which until the end of life rarely gave him to sleep more than 4 hours a day, he first displayed during school practice in the years 1928-29. (Schlesinger, 2002, p. 641-654)

The highly successfully taught to children of Mexican immigrants in a school segregation in Cotulla, Texas. To know the local and college teachers are impressed. When the Democratic House of Representatives, Richard Kleber in late 1931 looking for an assistant, the choice fell on Lyndon Johnson. During operation as a bureau chief in Washington, which at that time was under the sign of the global economic crisis, he has accumulated considerable experience and gave up numerous contacts. How would the way in September 1934 met with Claudia Altoy Taylor, who in the family called the "Lady Bird". They were married at the urging of Johnson, two months later. In 1935 he was appointed director of the National Youth Administration in Texas, the agency for the unemployed youth. His reputation as an active and liberal supporter of the "new course" and a wonderful organizer has provided 28-year-old Johnson in the special election in 1937 a place in the House of Representatives. (John, 1973, p. 108-119)

As a zealous advocate of the interests of his Texas constituency, and the native district, Johnson sent more than $ 70 million for activities on employment and the construction of the dam, having won it the sympathy of all. In this case, Johnson also received a personal benefit. Income that it supports the entire family has increased significantly thanks to gifts and dubious moral guidance for investment. In 1941, he was unable to enter the Senate as a result of manipulating the election of his ...