Topic summary
Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson
37th Vice President of the United States
36th President of the United States
Tenure
- "Let Us Continue"
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Great Society
- Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
- Food Stamp Act of 1964
- War on Poverty
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Transportation
- Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- Child Nutrition Act
- Non-Discrimination in Federal contracts
- Thurgood Marshall Supreme Court nomination
- Civil Rights Act of 1968
Policies
Lyndon B. Johnson ran for public office numerous times. He was the 36th president of the United States (1963–1969), the 37th vice president (1961–1963); and as a United States senator (1949–1961) and United States representative (1937–1949) from Texas.