In 1968, for instance, a Minnesota senator, Eugene McCarthy, engaged the incumbent President, Lyndon Johnson.
Ike was President and Speaker Sam Rayburn and Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson controlled Congress.
So let me return to Lyndon Johnson's charge: You're the generation that must decide.
In 1965, Lyndon Johnson had Democratic congressional majorities sufficient to pass any legislation he wanted.
King had also lost the ear of his most important ally, President Lyndon Johnson.
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Kennedy, from Massachusetts, picked Lyndon Johnson of Texas as a running mate to win southern votes.
Lyndon Johnson in 1968 looked like a defeated and failed president as a result of Vietnam.
It is not new: no Democratic presidential candidate has won the white vote since Lyndon Johnson.
Yet, when then US president Lyndon Johnson declared victory, the American people didn't believe him.
But once McCarthy broke with President Lyndon Johnson on the war, in 1966, he never turned back.
With Lyndon Johnson in the White House, the party came down on the side of civil rights.
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Others, like Lyndon Johnson and Andrew Jackson , used government service as a springboard to personal fortune.
Kennedy, had no great love for his running mate, Lyndon Johnson, whose main virtue was being from Texas.
But having said that, look, Lyndon Johnson probably helped elect, if not did elect John Kennedy in 1960.
In that speech, Lyndon Johnson advocated a war on poverty which had noble intentions and some enduring successes.
Kennedy - they have strong persuasive powers and communicative abilities, as well as legislative skills like Lyndon Johnson's.
Before 1964, both parties had their conservative and liberal wings, and fixers like Lyndon Johnson had enormous freedom.
We remember the profound impact of Lyndon Johnson, Mike Mansfield, Everett Dirksen and Howard Baker on the Senate.
No president since Lyndon Johnson has suffered the humiliation of seeing Congress reject a trade deal he has negotiated.
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Their relationship has echoes of the dynamics between Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson and northern liberals in the 1950s.
Lyndon Johnson, the university developed an East-West Center which brought future leaders from Asian countries to enroll as students.
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Virginia hasn't been for a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
Lyndon Johnson suffered the same ignominy in the worst days of Vietnam.
That would undermine Mr Clinton's boast that he is the first president to balance the budget since Lyndon Johnson.
Within weeks, Kennedy jumped into the race and President Lyndon Johnson bowed out.
In 1967, when Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the straits, president Lyndon Johnson begged off, forcing Israel to stand alone.
Other items adorning the walls feature former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Lyndon Johnson.
Towering Democratic figures Sam Rayburn, Lyndon Johnson had sprung out of Texas in the past.
Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, took a more robust view of the Vietnam conflict.
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