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Lyn·don Baines John·son

Lyndon Baines Johnson

pronunciation:
lIn dn beInz jan sn
part of speech: noun
definition: U.S. politician, Vice-President to President John F. Kennedy, and later the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. Under Lyndon Johnson, the Vietnam war escalated. Two of Johnson's accomplishments as president were the passing of the Civil Rights Act and the passing of the Voting Rights Act (b.1908--d.1973).