Lyndon B Johnson was the 36th president of United States of America and was born in 1908. He took over presidency in November 1963 after the assassination of President John F Kennedy in the same year. Johnson Lyndon was a Texan and he served both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. He is well known for some of his great achievements such as the “Great Society”. Even though he had several accomplishments, he is also known for certain bad acts, such as the Vietnam War. In this particular essay, the main aim of the paper is to study the history of Lyndon, the positive achievements and some of the negative acts.
Lyndon was born in the year 1908 in the Central Community of the City of Johnson. The name comes from …show more content…
Because of his hard work, he earned a lot of respect both from his allies and foes. He got re-elected five times as a result of good work to the citizens of America. He was however unsuccessful to run for the senate. Johnson is known as the first Congress member to ever volunteer as a military at a period when America joined the World War II. He served as lieutenant commander in 1941 in active capacity until the year 1941 when all Congressmen in the military were recalled in Washington. After the war, he managed to join the Senate through a Democratic party. After becoming a member of the Senate, he demonstrated a fine political touch making him one of the most adored politicians. Johnson is also considered as the youngest minority leader to ever serve in the Senate at the age of 44. He later became the senate majority leader after the Democrats won majority of the seats. Johnson was able to become a very powerful leader due to his ability to work productively with Dwight, who was also the Republican President. The presence of Lyndon in the Democratic Party poised several impacts on the determination of presidency. When Johnson was invited to be the running mate of Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party John F Kennedy, his presence in the party attracted a lot of support from various States, thus making Kennedy the ideal presidential …show more content…
It was the common term used by Johnson to refer to his domestic agenda. His program included supporting the disadvantaged Americans, controlling the America’s natural resources and providing protection to the American consumers. In order to ensure that these goals were successful, he came up with bills and acts on environment laws, measures on land conservation and the Immigration Act. He also supported Bills for National Endowment and Art for the Humanities. The Broadcasting Act and the Highway Safety Act, along with the bill that protects consumers from harmful products are some of the landmark achievements that made him the most ideal president. In his agenda, he managed to address the issue of inequality by ensuring education for all. This he did through ensuring that certain projects and students are funded by the federal government. He passed a bill that ensured that remedial services reach the poor population. He also managed to convince the federal government to fund parochial schools that were managed by the Catholics. He also managed to pass a bill on Housing and Urban development with the aim of addressing the challenges in urban