Political biographers have written about the Kennedy successor's predilection to "showing off" his generous endowment to those around him Tailors, plumbers, journalists and aides were among the many ...

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nearly 60 years ago, the president and first lady visited Middle Tennessee — and archival photographs show they were booked and busy one fateful March day. Historical notes ...

This work is a one volume abridgment of Dallek's 2-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson v. 1. Lone star rising (1991); v. 2, Flawed giant (1998). The making of a politician -- The Congressman -- The ...

Until this past weekend, it had been 60 years since a U.S. president federalized a state's National Guard force without the cooperation of its governor. President Lyndon B. Johnson invoked that ...

Rumors and whispers of Richard Nixon's 'treason' -- sabotaging Vietnam peace talks to help his Presidential campaign -- have floated around for years, but newly released tapes from Lyndon Johnson's ...

​Bill Moyers, who has died aged 91, was a young Baptist minister who became White House press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson and later one of American television’s most respected ...

Johnson told his vice president, Hubert Humphrey, about the new ending that morning, but informed key cabinet members only minutes before going on the air. As he sat in the Oval Office, his family ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - Sixty years ago Wednesday, President Lyndon B. Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri, to sign a groundbreaking piece of legislation into law: the creation of Medicare ...

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