Lyndon B Johnson Accomplishments

The President of the United States is most notable among the people, but we tend to forget about the vice president at times. The vice president takes on the President’s assigned leadership when the President can no longer fulfill his duties. This quick jump to presidential leadership, after the tragic death of President Kennedy, is all too true for vice president Lyndon B. Johnson. Before Johnson even became president he made great accomplishments in his life. Lyndon B. Johnson was always a hard worker throughout his college years and always held a job while attending school. Probably one of the most aspiring occupations he held was teaching. Possibly what inspired him to teach was attending the Southwest State Teachers College in Texas, to which he graduated from in 1930. He learned to have a strong compassion for others through his teaching career. According to history.com, “ he taught at a school for disadvantaged Mexican-American students in …show more content…
Johnson would represent the part of the population that was in poverty and treated unequally and he would also place the need for better education high. As vice president, he would not face negativity because he served such a short term, but as president, he would come face to face with these negativities. According to history.com, “ Johnson’s failure would be increasing the U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War and it caused him to have decreased popularity with the American people (history.com).” Overall, Johnson’s family background in politics, his well-established resume, and his heart for helping others shaped him to become a great vice president. These accomplishments would also help to guide Johnson in representing the great United States of America as the President; although he would make some mistakes, we cannot judge him for these mistakes because after all we are all humans. Today we remember Johnson even after his death in