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=Lyndon B. Johnson Elected President=

==Overview== Lyndon B. Johnson was born August 27, 1908 in central Texas. He saw poverty everyday growing up throughout the community and through his students he taught of Mexican descent. He won a seat for the House of Representatives in 1937 on support of the New Deal platform. He won a Silver Star in WWII while serving in the South Pacific. After, he was elected to the Senate and soon became to Majority Leader. In 1960, he was JFK’s running mate for the presidency. After JFK’s assassination, he was sworn into the presidency on November 22, 1963.

Central Issue
In 1964, Americans were voting for a new president. The two candidates were Lyndon B. Johnson, a democrat, and Barry Goldwater, a republican from Arizona. Goldwater had a right-wing legislature mindset and wanted to abolish the social welfare acts of the 1930s. Johnson wanted more programs which he eventually did organize like Medicare and Medicaid. With the American people of Johnson’s side, he won the presidency, winning 44 of the 50 states. He won 61.1% of the vote and had a 15,000,000 vote margin of victory, the fifth largest in American history. ==Conclusion / Historical Significance== Johnson resumed his presidency and continued until 1969. Some of his major accomplishments were his civil right acts to help desegregate blacks, fight against poverty, and space exploration. His involvement in the Vietnam War ruined much of his reputation as president. We worried if Communism won in this war, his presidency would be at fault. He sent more troops and the American people were becoming more and more upset. Johnson died after suffering a heart attack on January 22, 1973.