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Lyndon Baines Johnson the 36th President of the United States was born near Stonewall, Texas in 1908. He was the eldest of five children. His father had served on the Texas legislature five times. Although Johnson shared his father’s interest in politics he went to college and began working on a school teaching career. He graduated with a degree in history and went on to teach at a high school in Houston. After two years …

…that he would not be running for a second term. Before leaving office he called for a halt in the bombing of North Vietnam as a gesture for peace. The response of North Vietnam began with peace talks in Paris later that week. After the election of Richard Nixon Johnson returned to his ranch in Texas to begin writing his Presidential memoirs. Johnson died in 1973 and was buried at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas.