Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson was born on Aug. 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Tex., the eldest son of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson. His father, a struggling farmer and cattle speculator in the hill country of Texas, provided only an uncertain income for his family. Johnson attended public schools in Johnson City and received a B.S. degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos. He then taught for a year in …showed first 75 words of 699 total…

…showed last 75 words of 699 total…Austin. Johnson died on Jan. 22, 1973, 5 days before the conclusion of the treaty by which the United States withdrew from Vietnam. Bibliography for Lyndon B. Johnson DiBacco, Mason, and Christian Appy. History of The United States. Evanston: McDougal Littell, 1997 Grolier Online. Encyclopedia Americana: Lyndon B. Johnson. http://www.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/36pjohn.html, May 10, 1999 The White House Website. Johnson B., Lyndon, 36th President. http://www2.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/lj36.html, May 10, 1999