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Wikipedia:
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22,
1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President
of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office
after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United
States from 1961 to 1963. Johnson was a Democrat from Texas,
who served as a United States Representative from 1937 to
1949 and as a United States Senator from 1949 to 1961. He
spent six years asSenate Majority Leader, two as Senate Minority
Leader, and two as Senate Majority Whip...
...Johnson
escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War. In 1964,
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which granted
Johnson the power to use military force in Southeast Asia without
having to ask for an official declaration of war. The number of
American military personnel in Vietnam increased dramatically, from
16,000 advisors in non-combat roles in 1963, to 550,000 in early
1968, many in combat roles. American casualties soared and the peace
process bogged down. Growing unease with the war stimulated a large,
angry antiwar movement based especially on university
campuses in the U.S. and abroad...
...Historians
argue that Johnson's presidency marked the peak of modern
liberalism in the United States after the New Deal era.
Johnson is ranked favorably by some historians because of his
domestic policies and the passage of many major laws, affecting civil
rights, gun control, wilderness preservation, and Social
Security.