Lyndon B. Johnson

Born	August 27, 1908
Birth Place	Stonewall, Texas
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Lady Bird Johnson
Occupation	Teacher, Congressional staff
Religion	Disciples of Christ
Died	January 22, 1973
Death Place	Stonewall, Texas

Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States. Johnson succeeded to the presidency subsequent the assassination of John F. Kennedy, completed Kennedy's term and was voted President in his own right, winning by a great margin in the 1964 Presidential election. Johnson was very much supported by the Democratic Party and, as President, was answerable for designing the "Great Society" legislation that included laws that upheld civil rights. He really escalated direct American involvement in the Vietnam War. Despite the failures of his foreign policy, Johnson is ranked positively among some historians due to his domestic policies.

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, portion from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.After Kennedy's military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 through Second World War in the South Pacific, his aspirations turned political. With the encouragement and grooming of his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Kennedy represented Massachusetts's 11th congressional district in the U.S.

House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat, and serve in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated then Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential selection, one of the closest in American history. He was the second-youngest President, the first President born in the 20th century, and the youngest elected to the office, at the age of 43. Kennedy is the first and only Catholic and the first Irish American president, and is the only president to have win a Pulitzer Prize.

Events during his administration include the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the African American Civil Rights association and early stages of the Vietnam War. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the offense but was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby before he could be put on trial.

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