James Madison

Madison also appears on the $200 Series EE Savings Bond. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980. There were about twenty different varieties of $5000 bills issued between 1861 and 1946, and all but three had James Madison. It is known as Lyndon Baines Johnson Day. $5000 bill. Also, the Texas State Legislature created a legal state holiday to be observed on August 27 to mark LBJ's birthday. Madison's portrait was on the U.S. Johnson Space Center.

Ralph Randolph Gurley. Later in 1973, President Nixon signed Congressional legislation renaming the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston the Lyndon B. Dr. The state funeral was part of a busy week for the Military District of Washington, which began with Nixon's second inauguration.¹. By the terms of his will [2], $2000 was bequeathed to the ACS through its agent Rev. Anita Bryant closed the services by singing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," paying tribute to her friendship with the former president, at his own request. Madison was the first president of the American Colonization Society, which bought passage for free black Americans to the Society's colony in west Africa, Liberia. Billy Graham.

He died on June 28, 1836 of rheumatism and heart failure. The burial service was the first presidential burial to feature a eulogy, and the eulogies were delivered by former Texas Democratic governor John Connally, an LBJ protege and fellow Texan, who was wounded in the assassination that made Johnson president, and by the minister who officiated the services, Rev. He was briefly the rector of Jefferson's University of Virginia, but spent most of his days farming. Johnson was buried that afternoon at his ranch in Texas. After leaving office, Madison retired to Montpelier, his farm in Virginia. Though he attended the service, Nixon did not speak, as customary for presidents during presidential funerals, but both eulogists turned to him as they spoke and lauded him for his tributes to the former president, as Rusk had the day before. Madison appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States:. George Davis, a very close friend of the Johnsons who officiated the services in Washington.

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. Marvin Watson, and the church's rector, Rev. It was Dolley who is largely credited with inventing the role of "First Lady" as political ally to the president. They came from former White House Chief of Staff, and Postmaster General W. In 1794, Madison married Dolley Payne Todd, who cut as attractive and vivacious a figure as he did a sickly and antisocial one. The service, which foreign dignitaries, led by former Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato, attended, was the first presidential funeral to feature a eulogy.

At 5 feet, 4 inches in height (163 cm) and 100 pounds (45 kg) in weight, Madison was the nation's shortest president and frequently ill. The funeral was held at the National City Christian Church (in Washington, D.C.), where he worshipped often when president. It should be noted that although Madison would support internal improvement schemes only through constitutional amendment, he urged a variety of measures that he felt were "best executed under the national authority," including federal support for roads and canals that would "bind more closely together the various parts of our extended confederacy.". The final services took place on January 25. Despite Madison's "last stand," so-called pork-barrel spending would soon become commonplace in the United States. Pickle and former Secretary of State Dean Rusk eulogized at the Capitol. Madison rejected the view of Congress that the General Welfare Clause justified the bill, stating:. Johnson was honored with a state funeral in which Texas Congressman J.J.

In his last act before leaving office, Madison vetoed a bill for "internal improvements," including roads, bridges, and canals:. He was found in his bed, reaching for his phone. The major lasting effect for the political face of the country was the end of the Federalist Party, who were considered traitors when they opposed the war. His health ruined by years of heavy smoking and stress, the former President had severe heart disease. The Battle of New Orleans, in which Andrew Jackson distinguished himself, was fought 15 days after the treaty was signed — the news not reaching Louisiana in time from Belgium. Johnson died at 4:33 PM on January 22, 1973 from a third heart attack at his ranch, at the age of 64. In 1814, the Treaty of Ghent ended the war. Johnson National Historical Park, with the proviso that the ranch "remain a working ranch and not become a sterile relic of the past" [3].

Neither side was terribly enthusiastic about the war, however: the British had little to gain, and in the United States, New England Federalists threatened secession if the war was not ended. He donated his Texas ranch in his will to the public to form the Lyndon B. The British also armed American Indians in the West, most notably followers of Tecumseh. That year, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, which is the most visited presidential library in the nation—over a quarter million visitors per year—opened on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. In the ensuing War of 1812, the British won numerous victories, including a temporary occupation of Washington, D.C., forcing Madison to flee the city. In 1971, he published his memoirs, The Vantage Point. In 1810, a bill was passed that would break off relations with any nation that would not remove the blockade: France did, and Britain did not. After leaving the presidency in 1969, Johnson went home to his ranch in Johnson City, Texas.

Both countries blockaded the ports of the other, preventing commerce with either. Nixon. In the election of 1808, Madison ran for president in his own right, and won, largely on the strength of his abilities in foreign affairs at a time when United Kingdom (Britain) and France were both on the edge of war with the United States. The Democratic nomination eventually went to Johnson's Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who was later defeated in the 1968 election by Richard M. In 1797 Madison left Congress; in 1801 he became Jefferson's Secretary of State. He cited the growing division within the country over the war as his reason. Opposed to the Democratic-Republicans was the Federalist party, whose members followed Hamilton and believed in a strong central government. However, on March 31, 1968, after the Tet Offensive, a narrow victory over Eugene McCarthy in the New Hampshire primary, the entry of Robert Kennedy into the presidential race, and new lows in the opinion polls, he announced, in an address to the nation, that he would no longer seek renomination for the presidency.

Madison was instrumental in the creation of the Democratic-Republican party, whose members supported Jefferson and believed strongly in limiting centralized power. Under the 22nd Amendment, Johnson was still eligible for a second full term, having served less than two years of Kennedy's term. During Madison's time in Congress, the debate over the power of the federal government versus that of the states led to the formation of the first United States political parties. Johnson appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States:. One incident that demonstrates this desire is the debate over the Bank of the United States, in which Madison and other followers of Thomas Jefferson denied that the federal government had the power to form its own bank.
. The chief characteristic of Madison's time in Congress was his desire to limit the power of the federal government. And at the end of his speech he shocked the country by telling them he would not run for re-election, by saying: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president." (Text of speech).

Of the first two proposals that were not ratified in 1791, the second one tardily became the 27th Amendment more than 200 years later in 1992. During these protests students would often chant the line, "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids have you killed today?" In what was termed an October surprise, Johnson announced to the nation on March 31, 1968 that he ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1 citing progress with the Paris peace talks. In 1789, he successfully offered a package of twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution, the final ten of which became what is collectively known as the Bill of Rights by December 15, 1791, based upon earlier work by George Mason. As more and more American soldiers and civilians were killed in Vietnam, Johnson's popularity declined, particularly in the face of student protests. When the Constitution was ratified, Madison was elected to the United States House of Representatives from his home state of Virginia and served from the First Congress through the Fourth Congress, and was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party during his final term in the House. Against his wishes, Johnson's presidency was soon dominated by the Vietnam War. In 1801, in his first Inaugural Address, Thomas Jefferson would express a similar sentiment:. At the same time, Johnson was afraid that too much focus on Vietnam would distract attention from his Great Society programs, so the levels of military escalation, while significant, were never enough to make any real headway in the war.

51:. In one speech, he said of the Vietnam conflict "If we allow Vietnam to fall, tomorrow we’ll be fighting in Hawaii, and next week in San Francisco" - advocating Eisenhower's 'Domino Theory'. His most famous passage comes in No. Though he would often privately curse the war, referring to it as his "bitch mistress," at the same time Johnson believed that America could not afford to look weak in the eyes of the world, and so he escalated the war effort continuously from 1964 to 1968, which resulted in thousands of American deaths. 51. President Johnson had a dislike for the American war effort in Vietnam, which he had inherited from Kennedy, but expanded considerably following the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (less than 3 weeks after the Republican Convention of 1964 which had nominated Barry Goldwater for president). 10 and Federalist No. He said he was withdrawing as a candidate so he could devote his full efforts, unimpeded by politics, to the quest for peace—however, there was no significant progress in that direction.

Madison wrote thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise the Federalist Papers, including perhaps the two most famous, Federalist No. At the same time, he startled the world by withdrawing as a candidate for re-election (which candidacy was being seriously challenged by other Democrats). Madison's arguments were powerfully influenced by the political thought of Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. Controversy over the war had become acute by the end of March 1968, when he limited the bombing of North Vietnam in order to begin negotiations. To support Constitutional ratification in New York State, Madison put aside his doubts to work with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay to write the Federalist Papers, which are considered the definitive contemporary commentary on the United States Constitution. Despite Johnson's efforts to end Communist insurgency and achieve a settlement, fighting continued. His notes from the Constitutional Convention are the best documentary evidence we have as to the thinking of what Thomas Jefferson (who was in France at the time) called an "assembly of demi-gods.". The other crisis arose from Vietnam.

When the issue arose of how states would be represented in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depending on population. President Johnson steadily exerted his influence against segregation and on behalf of law and order, but there was no early solution. Madison was the best prepared delegate at the Constitutional Convention, and his overall influence at Philadelphia in 1787 has led some historians to call him the "Father of the Constitution." Madison called for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature. Despite the beginning of new anti-poverty and anti-discrimination programs, unrest and rioting in black ghettos troubled the nation. In the 1780s, Madison helped convince the political leaders of the time to call for a convention to replace the ineffective Articles of Confederation. Nevertheless, two overriding crises had been gaining momentum since 1965. In this capacity he became a prominent figure in Virginia state politics, helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persuading Virginia to give their northwestern territories (consisting of most of modern-day Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee) to the Continental Congress. When three astronauts successfully orbited the moon in December 1968, Johnson congratulated them: "You've taken … all of us, all over the world, into a new era….".

When he regained his health, he became a protegé of Thomas Jefferson. Under Johnson, the country made spectacular explorations of space in a program he had championed since its start. In 1769, he left the plantation to attend Princeton University (it was called the College of New Jersey at the time), finishing its four-year course in two years, but exhausting himself from overwork in the process. Millions of elderly people found succor through the 1965 Medicare amendment to the Social Security Act. (March 27, 1723 – February 27, 1801) and Eleanor Rose "Nellie" Conway (January 9, 1731 – February 11, 1829) were the prosperous owners of the tobacco plantation in Orange County, Virginia where Madison spent most of his childhood years. Congress, at times augmenting or amending, rapidly enacted Johnson's recommendations. His parents Colonel James Madison, Sr. The Great Society program became Johnson's agenda for Congress in January 1965: aid to education, attack on disease, Medicare, urban renewal, beautification, conservation, development of depressed regions, a wide-scale fight against poverty, control and prevention of crime and delinquency, and removal of obstacles to the right to vote.

Madison was born in King George County, Virginia. The election, though a success for the Democratic Party, marked the beginning of the long transformation of the Democrats' Solid South to a Republican bastion. . In the same year, Johnson lost the popular vote to Republican challenger Barry Goldwater in the Deep South states of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina, a region that had voted for Democrats since the Reconstruction era. He was co-author, with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, of the Federalist Papers, and is traditionally regarded as the Father of the United States Constitution. Aaron Henry with the intent of seating a passionate and charismatic leader of the Mississippi Freedom Movement, Fannie Lou Hamer, the Democrats at the convention offered the MFDP an unsatisfactory compromise and the MFDP rejected it rather than appear concilatory in the eyes of their "comrades". James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was the fourth (1809–1817) President of the United States. To appease the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) chaired by Dr.

James Madison: Writings by James Madison (1999, ISBN 1883011663). However, 1964 was also the year that Johnson supported the racist Democratic delegates from Mississippi and denied the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party seats at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Presidential religious affiliations. In 1964, Johnson won the Presidency in his own right with 61 percent of the vote and the widest popular margin in American history—more than 15,000,000 votes. List of U.S. Members of Congress who Johnson wanted a vote from looked visibly shaken after their meeting with the President. List of places named for James Madison. An example of his strong arm tactics was 'The Treatment'; this was where he saw people alone in a small adjoining room where he would pull his chair close to the guests and lean forward until his nose was inches away from the visitor's face.

presidential election, 1812. Johnson also hired Jerri Whittington, the first African-American White House secretary, and appointed Jack Valenti as his "special assistant.". U.S. In 1964, upon Johnson's request, Congress passed a tax-reduction law and the Economic Opportunity Act, which was in association with the War on Poverty. presidential election, 1808. Johnson used his famous charm and strong-arm tactics, to push through his new policies. U.S. In his first year, Johnson faced conflicts with everyone from Senators to speechwriters who wanted to honor Kennedy's legacy, but were reluctant to support new propositions by Johnson.

In our Governments, the real power lies in the majority of the Community, and the invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from the acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the Government is the mere instrument of the major number of the constituents." —Letter to Thomas Jefferson, October 17, 1788. Hughes, a very close friend of his family, making him the first president sworn in by a woman. "Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. He was sworn in by federal judge Sarah T. The danger of silent accumulations and encroachments by ecclesiastical bodies has not sufficiently engaged attention in the U.S." —being outvoted in the bill to establish the office of Congressional Chaplain, from the "Detached Memoranda,". Johnson was sworn-in as President on Air Force One in Dallas at Love Field Airport after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The establishment of the chaplainship in Congress is a palpable violation of equal rights as well as of Constitutional principles. Johnson knew that Project Apollo and an enlarged NASA would benefit Texas and southern states most directly so steered the recommendation towards a crash program for a manned lunar landing.

"Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by ecclesiastical corporations. with the first manned spaceflight Kennedy tasked Johnson with coming up with a 'scientific bonanza' that would prove world leadership. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people." —Constitutional Convention June 29, 1787. beat the U.S. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. When in April 1961 the U.S.S.R. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Johnson was crucially made chairman of the President's Ad Hoc Committee for Science.

The means of defence agst. Kennedy gave Johnson control over all presidential appointments involving Texans. "A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. He also sat on Cabinet and National Security meetings, giving him an insight into the presidency. "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." —1794 (Pertaining to Congress' appropriation $15,000 for relief of French refugees). During his tenure as Vice President, Johnson also took on some international missions, which gave him limited insights into foreign problems. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.". Upon swearing in, Kennedy appointed Johnson to head the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, which led him to work with blacks and other minorities.

It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. The only state to have its results changed was Hawaii-which was ruled to have gone to Kennedy not Nixon. "...[T]he government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. However, there were no criminal convictions. That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties; as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting the compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.". Daley) and Johnson's home state of Texas. "Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this State, against every aggression either foreign or domestic .. There were serious accusations of voter fraud, especially in Illinois (home of the political machine run by Richard J.

Indiana – December 11, 1816. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., by a narrow margin. Louisiana – April 30, 1812. In November 1960 the Kennedy/Johnson duo beat out Richard M. Joseph Story — 1812. Marvin Watson) say that the Kennedy campaign was desperate to get Johnson on the ticket to help carry Southern voters. Gabriel Duvall — 1811. Others (such as W.

Some later reports (such as Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.) say that Kennedy offered the position to Johnson as a courtesy, and did not expect him to accept. During the convention, Kennedy designated Johnson as his choice for vice president. Kennedy. In 1960, Johnson received 409 votes on the first and only ballot at the Democratic convention which nominated John F.

He was Texas' "favorite son" candidate at the party's national convention in 1956. Johnson's success in the Senate led to his name being widely mentioned as a possible Democratic presidential candidate. His duties were to schedule legislation and help pass measures favored by the Democrats. In 1954, Johnson was re-elected to the Senate and since the Democrats won the majority in the Senate, Johnson became majority leader.

One of his first actions was to eliminate the seniority system in committee selection. Thus, he became the youngest man ever named to the post by either major political party. In 1953, he was chosen by his fellow Democrats to be the minority leader. After only a few years in the Senate, Johnson was moving up in leadership power.

However, Johnson's brilliant strategic leaks, his overall manipulation of the press, the incredible speed at which his committee issued new reports (less incredible considering the recycled content), and the fact that he ensured every report was endorsed unanimously by the committee all got him headlines and national attention. These investigations--couched in headline-grabbing phraseology but largely devoid of substance--tended to recycle old investigations and demand actions that were already being taken by the Truman admininstration. With Russell's support, Johnson eventually was able to become its chairman and conducted a number of investigations of defense costs and efficiency. Johnson was appointed to the Armed Services Committee, and later in 1950, he helped create the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee.

Johnson, always at his best when working one-on-one, proceeded to gain Russell's favor in the same way as he had "courted" Speaker Sam Rayburn and gained his crucial support in the House. Desperate to rise in power, Johnson was known among his colleagues for his highly successful "courtships" of older Senators, especially Senator Richard Russell, patrician leader of the Southern bloc and arguably the most powerful man in the Senate. Once in the Senate, Johnson immediately began to work toward his ultimate goal: the presidency. Johnson went on to win the general election, but the Texas media sardonically nicknamed him "Landslide Lyndon" in reference to his bout with Stevenson.

Supreme Court justice Hugo Black to dissolve the federal injunction nullifying Johnson's runoff victory. Through legal maneuvering, Fortas was able to convince U.S. Stevenson contested the vote count, but Johnson hired Abe Fortas to represent him in federal court. (His campaign manager, John Connally, was thought to be connected with 202 ballots in Jim Wells County that had curiously been cast in alphabetical order.[1][2]).

Johnson campaigned very hard and won by only 87 votes out of a million cast. This election was highly controversial: a three-way Democratic Party primary left Johnson in a run-off with former governor Coke Stevenson. In 1948, Johnson again ran for the Senate and this time won. He returned to his seat in the House of Representatives where he continued to serve through 1949.

Shortly after this incident, President Roosevelt ordered members of Congress serving in the military to return to their offices, and Johnson was discharged forthwith. Lyndon Johnson's Silver Star citation is as follows:. On NPR, in a narrative about medals and politicians, it was stated Johnson demanded the Silver Star from General Douglas MacArthur because he had been in an airplane that had been fired upon. It was speculated that the decoration was largely for political purposes.

After World War II, some sources challenged the circumstances in which Johnson had been awarded his Silver Star. Awards and decorations included the Silver Star, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. During World War II he served briefly in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant Commander. entered World War II.

During his last campaign, he promised that he would serve in the military should war break out; in December 1941, the U.S. Though Johnson was expected to win, he was defeated by controversial late returns in an election marked by massive fraud on the part of both campaigns. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel. Senate in a special election against the sitting governor of Texas, radio personality W.

In 1941, Johnson ran for the U.S. He also worked for rural electrification and other improvements for his district. Johnson was immediately appointed to the Naval Affairs Committee, a job that carried high importance for a freshman congressman. President Roosevelt showed a personal interest in the young Texan from the time he entered Congress.

He ran on a New Deal platform and was effectively aided by his wife, Lady Bird Johnson. In 1937, Johnson ran for Congress in a special election for the 10th Congressional District of Texas to represent Austin, Texas and the surrounding Hill Country. After receiving the degree he found that his congressional duties took so much time he was unable to pursue the masonic degrees. Johnson received his first degree in Freemasonry on October 30, 1937.

Johnson was a notoriously tough boss with his employees throughout his career, often demanding long workdays and work on weekends; he worked as much as they did, if not more. He served as the head for two years, only resigning to run for Congress. The position in effect enabled him to build political pull with his constituents. His new post enabled him to use the powers of government to find educational and job opportunities for young people.

In 1935, Johnson became the head of the Texas National Youth Administration. His daughters' given names are examples, as was his dog later in life (Little Beagle Johnson). It should be noted that Johnson loved to give everything his own initials. The couple later had two daughters, Lynda Bird, born in 1944, and Lucy Baines, born in 1947.

After only a short period of dating, the two were married on November 17, 1934. During his tenure as secretary, Johnson met Claudia Alta Taylor (generally known as Lady Bird), a young woman who was also from Texas. Roosevelt, as well as fellow Texans such as Vice President John Nance Garner. Johnson's friends soon included some of the men who worked around President Franklin D.

As secretary, Johnson became acquainted with people of influence, found out how they had reached their positions, and gained their respect for his abilities. Kleberg and was later rewarded for his work in the campaign with an appointment to be the newly elected congressman's secretary. In 1931 Johnson campaigned for Richard M. Johnson's father had served five terms in the Texas legislature and was a close friend to one of Texas's rising political figures, Congressman Sam Rayburn.

However, he soon quit his job teaching and went into the field of politics. Soon after he graduated from college, Johnson taught public speaking and debate in a Houston high school. Even though he participated in debate and campus politics, edited the school newspaper, and spent a year away from his studies teaching school, Johnson somehow managed to graduate in only 312 days. In 1927 Johnson enrolled in Southwest Texas State Teachers' College.

Johnson attended public schools and graduated from Johnson City High School in 1924. His parents, Samuel Ealy Johnson and Rebekah Baines, had four more children: his sisters Rebekah (1910-1978), Josefa (1912-1961) and Lucia (1916-1997) and his brother Sam Houston (1914-1978). Johnson was born in Stonewall, Texas on August 27, 1908 in a small farmhouse in a poor area on the Pedernales River. .

. Kennedy (1961–1963) and later ascended to the presidency following Kennedy's assassination. After serving a long career in the US Congress, Johnson became the Vice President under John F. Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963–1969).

The only American president to have ever visited Malaysia. Bush and Clinton in 1946). Bush and Carter in 1924, and G.W. All other American presidents born in the 20th century were all born after LBJ (Reagan in 1911, Nixon and Ford in 1913, Kennedy in 1917, G.H.W.

Johnson, while using the White House bathroom, was known to call others in with him and use this forum for conversation. He had a soda tap installed in the Oval Office. His favorite soft drink was Fresca, which he drank constantly. At his ranch in Texas, he was fond of taking visitors in the car while driving 90 miles an hour down country roads, drinking scotch from a paper cup.

All of these people, recorded for posterity in White House tapes, were overwhelmingly complimentary. After delivering a major speech on civil rights, he called 32 people, all of whom he knew would greatly approve of his speech, to ask what they thought. Johnson seemed to crave personal approval. Johnson's secretary revealed years later that he would wash and reuse styrofoam cups.

The White House press corps would make jokes at his expense regarding his habit of turning off all lights in the White House when the rooms were not in use. In fact Johnson was a multimillionaire, but he still received the photographic portraits without having to pay a cent. Even as President, White House tapes recorded him asking a photographer to take his family portraits for free, saying he was a very poor man living on a weekly paycheck and had a very great deal of financial debt. Johnson was famously frugal.

Lyndon Johnson was 6 ft 3 1/2 in (192 cm) tall and weighed about 215 pounds, the second tallest president after Abraham Lincoln at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) and 180 pounds (82 kg). Marshall was the first African-American to be appointed to the Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall - 1967