L. B. Johnson

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gold_Medal
gptkb:National_Security_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Stonewall,_Texas
gptkbp:born_on August 27, 1908
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Texas_State_Cemetery
gptkbp:died_on January 22, 1973
gptkbp:education gptkb:Texas_State_University
gptkbp:family Three daughters
gptkbp:famous_quote ' The American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay.'
' We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.'
' If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.'
' The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents.'
' Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.'
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Lyndon_Baines_Johnson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label L. B. Johnson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:American_liberalism
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Medicare
gptkb:War_on_Poverty
Vietnam War escalation
gptkbp:legislative_accomplishment gptkb:Great_Society_programs
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:military_service gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:LBJ
gptkbp:office January 20, 1969
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:political_career gptkb:1969
1937
gptkbp:political_ideology Liberalism
gptkbp:political_position Senator from Texas
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkbp:president gptkb:United_States
November 22, 1963
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Texas_Hill_Country
gptkbp:served_as gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:signature Lyndon B. Johnson's signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Bird_Johnson
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkbp:term_length 6 years as President
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Grand_Forks
gptkb:Kearney,_Nebraska
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5