JOHNSON
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson was born on Aug. 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Tex., the
eldest son of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson. His
father, a struggling farmer and cattle speculator in the hill country
of Texas, provided only an uncertain income for his family.
Politically active, Sam Johnson served five terms in the Texas
legislature. His mother had varied cultural interests and placed high
value on education; she was fiercely ambitious for her children.
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…Republican candidate,
Richard M. Nixon.
Retirement.
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After stepping down from the presidency in January 1969, Johnson
returned to his ranch in Texas. There he and his aides prepared his
memoirs, which were published in 1971 as The Vantage Point:
Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969. He also supervised
construction of the Johnson presidential library in Austin. Johnson
died on Jan. 22, 1973, 5 days before the conclusion of the treaty by
which the United States withdrew from Vietnam.
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