General information

Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
President order: 36
Democrat
Born in Texas
Sworn in on 11/22/1963
Age at inauguration: 55
Between 1 and 2 terms

Biography

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was a 
US politician who served as the 36th President of the United States (1963-1969) after his 
service as the 37th Vice President of the United States (1961-1963). He is one of four 
people who served in all four elected federal offices of the United States: Representative, 
Senator, Vice President and President.

Early life:
Lyndon Baines Johnson was born near Stonewall, Texas, on August 27, 1908, in a small farmhouse
 on the Pedernales River. His parents, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr. and Rebekah Baines, had three 
girls and two boys: Johnson and his brother, Sam Houston Johnson (1914–1978), and sisters 
Rebekah (1910–1978), Josefa (1912–1961), and Lucia (1916–1997). The nearby small town of 
Johnson City, Texas was named after Johnson's father's cousin, James Polk Johnson, whose 
forebears had moved west from Georgia.

Presidential pets

LBJ's bevy of Beagles 
President Johnson was fond of Beagles -- Beagle, Little Beagle, Him and Her. Perhaps the 
most famous presidential dog photo was when Johnson lifted Him up by his ears in May 1964.
 It didn't go over well with dog lovers. 

Johnson also had a white Collie named Blanco and Yuki, a howling mutt that his daughter
 Luci found at a gas station in Texas. The president enjoyed demonstrating Yuki's singing 
skills to visiting dignitaries. 

Pets and Politics
Beagle celebrities: The most well known of LBJ's dogs, were Him and Her, registered beagles
 born on June 27, 1963.
Short lives: Her died at the White House in 1964, after she swallowed a stone. Him died in 
1966, after being hit by a car while chasing a squirrel at the White House.

Web

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