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Lyndon B. Johnson

August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973

Lyndon B. Johnson was a US representative [D-Texas] from April 1937 to January 1949; a US senator [D-Texas] from January 1949 to January 1961; Senate Majority Whip from January 1951 to January 1953; Senate Minority Leader from January 1953 to January 1955; Senate Majority Leader from January 1955 to January 1961; vice president of the United States from January 1961 to November 1963, and president of the United States from November 1963 to January 1969.

Appears in 153 Conversations

'Love and Prayers'

November 22, 1963

'Love and Prayers'

'John Is Going to Be All Right'

November 22, 1963

'John Is Going to Be All Right'

'In Memory of President Kennedy'

November 25, 1963

'In Memory of President Kennedy'

'A Regular Circus'

November 25, 1963

'A Regular Circus'

'You’re Goddamn Sure Going to Serve'

November 29, 1963

'You’re Goddamn Sure Going to Serve'

'I Would Be Honored to Do It'

November 29, 1963

'I Would Be Honored to Do It'

'You Give Me Strength'

December 2, 1963

'You Give Me Strength'

'We've Been Talking Enough'

December 9, 1963

'We've Been Talking Enough'

'He’s for Grandma'

December 14, 1963

'He’s for Grandma'

'I’m Not Lying About That One'

January 1, 1964

'I’m Not Lying About That One'

'I’m Not a Hater and a Bigot'

January 6, 1964

'I’m Not a Hater and a Bigot'

'Never Felt Better in My Life'

January 6, 1964

'Never Felt Better in My Life'

'Finest Advertisement He Could Give Me'

January 8, 1964

'Finest Advertisement He Could Give Me'

'Hot as a Firecracker'

January 10, 1964

'Hot as a Firecracker'

'It's Poison'

January 15, 1964

'It's Poison'

"Find Some of the Top People"

January 16, 1964

"Find Some of the Top People"

'I Can’t Ever Make Phi Beta Kappa'

January 20, 1964

'I Can’t Ever Make Phi Beta Kappa'

'Can’t You Help Me'

January 23, 1964

'Can’t You Help Me'

'This Is What We Stand For'

January 28, 1964

'This Is What We Stand For'

'That Wasn’t Smart at All'

February 1, 1964

'That Wasn’t Smart at All'

'You’re Mr. Poverty'

February 1, 1964

'You’re Mr. Poverty'

'I Think It’s Dynamite'

February 6, 1964

'I Think It’s Dynamite'

'We Don’t Want Your Damn Water'

February 7, 1964

'We Don’t Want Your Damn Water'

'Before It Goes to Hell'

February 19, 1964

'Before It Goes to Hell'

'More War' or 'More Appeasement'

February 25, 1964

'More War' or 'More Appeasement'

'A Good B-Plus'

March 7, 1964

'A Good B-Plus'

'It Is a Major Disaster'

March 28, 1964

'It Is a Major Disaster'

'The Biggest Damn Mess I Ever Saw'

May 27, 1964

'The Biggest Damn Mess I Ever Saw'

'It’s a Mess'

May 27, 1964

'It’s a Mess'

'How We’re Going to Do at the Olympics'

May 28, 1964

'How We’re Going to Do at the Olympics'

'A Pretty Worthwhile Undertaking'

June 4, 1964

'A Pretty Worthwhile Undertaking'

A 'Three-Prong Approach' to Medicare

June 11, 1964

A 'Three-Prong Approach' to Medicare

'Our National Honor’s at Stake'

June 11, 1964

'Our National Honor’s at Stake'

'Y’all Can’t Keep a Secret'

June 15, 1964

'Y’all Can’t Keep a Secret'

'When Are You Going to Pass Your Civil Rights?'

June 19, 1964

'When Are You Going to Pass Your Civil Rights?'

'I’m Just as Close as the Phone'

June 20, 1964

'I’m Just as Close as the Phone'

'Go On and Report My Poverty Bill'

June 22, 1964

'Go On and Report My Poverty Bill'

'You’re a Hard Bargainer'

June 23, 1964

'You’re a Hard Bargainer'

'This Means Murder'

June 23, 1964

'This Means Murder'

'What Do You Think Happened to Them?'

June 23, 1964

'What Do You Think Happened to Them?'

'We Got Three Kids Missing'

June 23, 1964

'We Got Three Kids Missing'

'We Found the Car'

June 23, 1964

'We Found the Car'

'I’m Here with the Parents of These Boys'

June 23, 1964

'I’m Here with the Parents of These Boys'

'The Bodies Were Not in the Car'

June 23, 1964

'The Bodies Were Not in the Car'

'Likely That None of Them Were Burned'

June 24, 1964

'Likely That None of Them Were Burned'

'You Got Lots of Guts'

June 30, 1964

'You Got Lots of Guts'

'If It’s Signed Today'

July 2, 1964

'If It’s Signed Today'

'Sign It as Soon as We Could'

July 2, 1964

'Sign It as Soon as We Could'

Turning 'Tax-Eaters' into 'Taxpayers'

July 29, 1964

Turning 'Tax-Eaters' into 'Taxpayers'

'Modernizing Urban Hospitals'

August 4, 1964

'Modernizing Urban Hospitals'

'Just Merely to Tell You I Loved You'

August 4, 1964

'Just Merely to Tell You I Loved You'

'The FBI Has Found Three Bodies'

August 5, 1964

'The FBI Has Found Three Bodies'

'Call the Families'

August 5, 1964

'Call the Families'

'You Can’t Talk About War Plans'

August 6, 1964

'You Can’t Talk About War Plans'

'I’d a Whole Lot Rather Dick Daley Do It'

August 7, 1964

'I’d a Whole Lot Rather Dick Daley Do It'

'Keep the Boys That Should Be Sober, Sober'

August 7, 1964

'Keep the Boys That Should Be Sober, Sober'

LBJ Orders Some New Haggar Pants

August 9, 1964

LBJ Orders Some New Haggar Pants

'A Very, Very Ambitious Young Man'

August 17, 1964

'A Very, Very Ambitious Young Man'

'That’s What the Democratic Party’s For'

August 25, 1964

'That’s What the Democratic Party’s For'

'I Do Not Believe I Can'

August 25, 1964

'I Do Not Believe I Can'

'They Can’t Argue with Themselves'

September 9, 1964

'They Can’t Argue with Themselves'

'They’re More Likely to Get Me Killed'

September 28, 1964

'They’re More Likely to Get Me Killed'

'That Wasn’t What Killed Kennedy'

October 1, 1964

'That Wasn’t What Killed Kennedy'

'We’re Going to Carry the South'

October 7, 1964

'We’re Going to Carry the South'

'I Think He Ought to Be Institutionalized'

October 23, 1964

'I Think He Ought to Be Institutionalized'

'A Better Way to Do It'

October 27, 1964

'A Better Way to Do It'

'I’m Aching All Over'

November 3, 1964

'I’m Aching All Over'

'We Have Time to Get Organized'

November 3, 1964

'We Have Time to Get Organized'

'I’m Just So Honored'

November 4, 1964

'I’m Just So Honored'

'We’ve Got to Build That Up'

November 4, 1964

'We’ve Got to Build That Up'

'He’d Have Been Beat'

November 4, 1964

'He’d Have Been Beat'

'We Got to Try to Unite the Country'

November 4, 1964

'We Got to Try to Unite the Country'

'A Passion for Anonymity'

November 4, 1964

'A Passion for Anonymity'

Better Days

November 5, 1964

Better Days

'We’ve Got to Work Our Will'

November 5, 1964

'We’ve Got to Work Our Will'

Dr. Spock on Medicare Politics

November 6, 1964

Dr. Spock on Medicare Politics

'We Can Pass Medicare'

November 9, 1964

'We Can Pass Medicare'

'Put Some Better People on Your Team

November 16, 1964

'Put Some Better People on Your Team

'A Model of Law Enforcement'

November 18, 1964

'A Model of Law Enforcement'

'OK, Go Ahead'

November 21, 1964

'OK, Go Ahead'

'It’ll Hurt Us'

November 23, 1964

'It’ll Hurt Us'

'Militarily, A Highly Successful Operation'

November 24, 1964

'Militarily, A Highly Successful Operation'

'A Right to Vote'

January 15, 1965

'A Right to Vote'

Forging Bipartisanship

January 19, 1965

Forging Bipartisanship

'They Want Beauty'

February 5, 1965

'They Want Beauty'

'Sure Thought I Had Better Leadership'

March 1, 1965

'Sure Thought I Had Better Leadership'

'Make Them Go Vote for Education'

March 6, 1965

'Make Them Go Vote for Education'

'I’ll Spend the Goddamn Money'

March 6, 1965

'I’ll Spend the Goddamn Money'

'This Minister Is Going to Die, Isn’t He?'

March 10, 1965

'This Minister Is Going to Die, Isn’t He?'

'He Is Absolutely Treacherous'

March 18, 1965

'He Is Absolutely Treacherous'

'We Got a Fair Chance to Keep Up'

March 23, 1965

'We Got a Fair Chance to Keep Up'

'It’s a Great Bill, Mr. President'

March 23, 1965

'It’s a Great Bill, Mr. President'

'$400 Million’s Not Going to Separate Us'

March 23, 1965

'$400 Million’s Not Going to Separate Us'

'We Know Who They Are

March 26, 1965

'We Know Who They Are

'All These Harvard Men'

April 7, 1965

'All These Harvard Men'

'We Weren’t Killing Dominicans

May 5, 1965

'We Weren’t Killing Dominicans

'Where Do You Stop'

June 8, 1965

'Where Do You Stop'

'I Don’t Want to Be a Warmonger'

July 7, 1965

'I Don’t Want to Be a Warmonger'

'Be My Solicitor General'

July 7, 1965

'Be My Solicitor General'

'A Very Complex Problem'

July 7, 1965

'A Very Complex Problem'

'Unite Their Families'

July 23, 1965

'Unite Their Families'

LBJ, King, and the Watts Revolt

August 20, 1965

LBJ, King, and the Watts Revolt

'He Ought to Be Removed'

August 23, 1965

'He Ought to Be Removed'

'Get the Immigration Bill Reported'

August 26, 1965

'Get the Immigration Bill Reported'

'He’s Giving Me Lots of Problems'

August 27, 1965

'He’s Giving Me Lots of Problems'

'We Need Your Help'

September 10, 1965

'We Need Your Help'

'Make the Law Bend to the Problem'

September 14, 1965

'Make the Law Bend to the Problem'

'They’re Trying to Pressure You'

December 24, 1965

'They’re Trying to Pressure You'

'He’s a Fool'

December 27, 1965

'He’s a Fool'

'It Doesn’t Bother Me One Bit'

January 25, 1966

'It Doesn’t Bother Me One Bit'

'Then We’re Really in It All'

January 26, 1966

'Then We’re Really in It All'

'The Architect of Surrender'

February 1, 1966

'The Architect of Surrender'

No 'One-Way Deal'

February 2, 1966

No 'One-Way Deal'

'Don’t Make the Government Fall'

February 4, 1966

'Don’t Make the Government Fall'

'The President Has This Authority'

February 20, 1966

'The President Has This Authority'

'He Is a Master Strategist'

February 21, 1966

'He Is a Master Strategist'

'What I’m Really Worrying About'

February 22, 1966

'What I’m Really Worrying About'

'That Scares Me'

March 14, 1966

'That Scares Me'

'A Wasteful Thing'

June 2, 1966

'A Wasteful Thing'

'I Didn’t Say I’d Use Atomic Bombs'

October 3, 1966

'I Didn’t Say I’d Use Atomic Bombs'

'A Paragraph on Nonproliferation'

October 16, 1966

'A Paragraph on Nonproliferation'

'It’s Just So Unfair'

December 5, 1966

'It’s Just So Unfair'

'Don’t Let Them Get You Down'

December 27, 1966

'Don’t Let Them Get You Down'

'It’s for the Economy'

February 7, 1967

'It’s for the Economy'

'Reports of Heavy Fighting'

June 5, 1967

'Reports of Heavy Fighting'

'We Made a Little Progress There'

June 25, 1967

'We Made a Little Progress There'

'We’ll Find Some Central Theme'

July 25, 1967

'We’ll Find Some Central Theme'

'This Country’s in Trouble'

July 27, 1967

'This Country’s in Trouble'

'We Just Have Got to Act Quickly'

January 24, 1968

'We Just Have Got to Act Quickly'

'It’s Largely a Propaganda Effort'

January 31, 1968

'It’s Largely a Propaganda Effort'

'No Nuclear Weapons in South Vietnam'

February 19, 1968

'No Nuclear Weapons in South Vietnam'

'The Trouble with a Commission'

March 13, 1968

'The Trouble with a Commission'

'I’m Not Master of a Damn Thing'

March 24, 1968

'I’m Not Master of a Damn Thing'

'Our Friendship Was Never Severed'

March 31, 1968

'Our Friendship Was Never Severed'

'We’re Doing Everything We Can'

April 4, 1968

'We’re Doing Everything We Can'

'It’s Starting to Break Down'

April 6, 1968

'It’s Starting to Break Down'

'It’s a Horrible, Tragic Thing'

June 5, 1968

'It’s a Horrible, Tragic Thing'

'My Congratulations and My Sympathy'

August 8, 1968

'My Congratulations and My Sympathy'

'Something [on] the Order of Hungary'

August 20, 1968

'Something [on] the Order of Hungary'

'Let’s Don’t Mislead and Deceive People'

August 26, 1968

'Let’s Don’t Mislead and Deceive People'

'I Thought We Were Going to Confirm Him'

August 27, 1968

'I Thought We Were Going to Confirm Him'

'I’d Go with Muskie'

August 29, 1968

'I’d Go with Muskie'

'A Very Disgusting Performance'

August 29, 1968

'A Very Disgusting Performance'

'The Vice Presidency Is an Impossible Job'

August 29, 1968

'The Vice Presidency Is an Impossible Job'

The Chicago Seven

September 7, 1968

The Chicago Seven

'He’ll Stop the Bombing if Elected'

September 30, 1968

'He’ll Stop the Bombing if Elected'

'This Is In Absolute Confidence'

October 16, 1968

'This Is In Absolute Confidence'

'This Is Treason'

November 2, 1968

'This Is Treason'

'I Feel Very, Very Strongly About This'

November 3, 1968

'I Feel Very, Very Strongly About This'

'We’ve Been in Tears'

November 6, 1968

'We’ve Been in Tears'

'You Go to That Conference'

November 8, 1968

'You Go to That Conference'

'There’s No Arrangement'

November 14, 1968

'There’s No Arrangement'

'We’re Just So Fond of You'

December 25, 1968

'We’re Just So Fond of You'