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Article: Johnson, Lyndon Baines 1908-1973
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JOHNSON, LYNDON BAINES 1908-1973
Vice-president of the united states, i961-1963;president of the united states, 1963-1969
Accepting the Second Slot
In 1960 Sen. Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas, a masterful and powerful Senate majority leader since 1954, surprised Democrats and Republicans alike by agreeing to accept the Democratic nomination for vice-president, a job his fellow Texan, Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives, described as not "worth a pitcher of warm spit." John F. Kennedy's choice of Johnson for his running mate was also somewhat surprising. Johnson and Kennedy had made bitter remarks about one another while they had battled for the presidential ...