Today, Lyndon Baines Johnson Day, Texas honors a great American with a state holiday. The irony is that, on the policy front, Texas has for many years been distancing itself from the logic ...

The 100th birthday of former President Lyndon B. Johnson was celebrated in Statuary Hall as part of Lyndon B. Johnson Day in Congress. This was part of the year-long centennial celebration ...

MARTIN: Lyndon Baines Johnson and Claudia "Lady Bird" Taylor met in Texas in September of that year. Right away, the president asked her out for breakfast. ANDERSON: And they spent the day ...

Johnson’s unwavering commitment to pass the strongest possible bill — weakened by none of the famous Johnson wheeling-and-dealing — was a crucial factor in the law’s ultimate passage on ...

Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda Johnson Robb, the daughters of former president Lyndon Baines Johnson, talked about their memories of their father's presidency as part of the Lyndon B. Johnson ...

In his time, what Lyndon Baines Johnson did in 1968 wasn't that unusual. During the 20th Century, four U.S. presidents took office upon the deaths of predecessors: Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin ...

Lyndon B. Johnson poses for a family portrait with his wife Lady Bird and daughters on August 25, 1948. He holds Luci Baines on his lap and his wife holds Lynda Bird, who was 4 years old. AP ...

Lyndon Baines and Lady Bird Johnson posed for a photo during their honeymoon in Mexico. AUSTIN — President Lyndon B. Johnson, famous for political arm-twisting, used his persuasive powers many ...

Ahh, young love. In September 1934, future president Lyndon Baines Johnson was introduced to Claudia Alta Taylor (aka Lady Bird) in Austin, Texas. Their first date was the very next day over ...

Placement of the marker ends a $500 million project to reconstruct the terminal and apron at Love Field. "Our U.S. Constitution was preserved that day with Johnson being sworn in here at Love ...

HOUSTON — On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. The landmark piece of federal legislation prohibited racial discrimination in voting. And on Friday ...