"Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Vietnam's aid."
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Birth: August 27, 1908
Death: January 22, 1973
Term of Office: November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969
Number of Terms Elected: 1 Term; Completed Kennedy's term of office after his assassination and then was elected again in 1964
First Lady: Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor
Major Events While in Office:
- Vietnam Conflict Continues (1963 - 1969)
- Civil Rights Act (1964)
- Twenty-Fourth Amendment ratified outlawing the poll tax (1964)
- Medicare and Medicaid (1965)
- Twenty-Fifth Amendment ratified concerning the order of succession for the presidency (1967)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated (1968)
- Robert Kennedy assassinated (1968)
- Pueblo Incident (1968)
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