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Lyndon Johnson from birth to presidency in a Texas town
The article traces Lyndon Baines Johnson from his 1908 birth in Stonewall Texas through school at Southwest Texas State Teachers College to early political work with Richard Kleberg. It covers his marriage to Lady Bird Johnson, 1948 Senate election, leadership roles, a 1955 heart attack, 1960 vice presidency, JFK assassination in 1963, and 1964 landslide reelection with Johnson pursuing national and international policy challenges in 1968.
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