Lyndon Baines Johnson popularly known as Lyndon Johnson or LBJ born on August 27, 1908 was the thirty-sixth President of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
After serving many years in the U.S. Congress, Johnson became the thirty-seventh Vice President, and eventually in 1963, he succeeded to the president seat after President John F. Kennedy's assassination. He was a prime leader of the Democratic Party and as President he built his Great Society, consisting of liberal legislation that incorporated civil rights laws, Medicare that is the health care for the aged, Medicaid which was the health care for the poor, aid to education, and a publication "War on Poverty". Meantime, he escalated the American involvement in the Vietnam War.
He was elected President with his own merit in 1964, but his popularity started to decline after 1966. He took a back seat from the party politics and concentrated deeply into the process of peacemaking.
Lyndon Johnson was honoured after his death on January 22, 1973, with a state funeral that included all the people of Texas and Congressman J.J. Pickle and former Secretary of State Dean Rusk who gave an eloquent speech on his achievements.
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