JFK’s vice president crossword

Lyndon B. Usually called LBJ, stood out as a puzzling yet many sided force in American politics. He became the thirty sixth President after John F. Kennedy picked him as running mate in the 1960 race. Though the two men differed in background and style, the Kennedy-Johnson pairing won a clear victory over Richard Nixon besides Henry Cabot Lodge. Johnson's years as a veteran law-maker plus his knack for moving through Washington's political currents gave the new team steady support. When gunfire killed President Kennedy in 1963, duty hurled Johnson into the White House - he remained there for five full years. In that span he pushed through historic civil rights laws, broadened the Vietnam War and launched a broad home program called the “Great Society.” Great triumphs but also bitter choices alike mark his record - yet no one disputes that Lyndon B. Johnson stamped a lasting imprint on the nation. Scholars and the public still examine closely his service as JFK's vice-president as well as the events that handed him the presidency.