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Lyndon Baines Johnson

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 nation saw the escalation of the Vietnam War. As president, Lyndon Johnson worked for the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act (b.1908--d.1973).