Lyndon B. Johnson -- 36th President

Lyndon B. Johnson -- 36th President | Civics Matter

Biography

Johnson's "Great Society" was the most ambitious domestic program since FDR's New Deal.

Year	Opponent	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote
1964	Barry Goldwater	486-52	+22.6%

Lyndon B. Johnson appointed 1 justice to the Supreme Court.

“We shall overcome.”
-- Address to Congress on voting rights, March 15, 1965

Johnson was sworn in aboard Air Force One with Jackie Kennedy standing beside him.