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Margaretwmiller (talk) 18:10, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Johnson's Civil Rights record in the Senate

An excellent reference if anyone wants to do research:

Robert A. Caro (2002). Master Of The Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson. ISBN 978-0-394528366. OCLC 732831450..
Here is a gloss/review of the book:
Anthony Lewis (April 28, 2002). "Friendly Persuasion". New York Times.

Why didn't Lyndon Johnson nominate someone to Vice President?

The article makes no mention of why the Vice President spot went vacant for two years during Lyndon Johnson's time as President.

Why didn't he nominate someone to fill the vacant spot?

— Cirt (talk) 04:04, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gives the president the ability to nominate someone to fill a vacancy in the vice presidency, was ratified in 1967. Before that, there was no way to fill such a vacancy. Calidum 04:10, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! As this happened during his presidency, it should be mentioned and discussed in this article. — Cirt (talk) 04:15, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change: "Historians argue that Johnson's presidency marked the peak of modern liberalism in the United States after the New Deal era. Johnson is ranked favorably by some historians because of his domestic policies and the passage of several laws in his tenure, including civil rights, gun control, and social security." to "Historians argue that Johnson's presidency marked the peak of modern liberalism in the United States after the New Deal era. Johnson is ranked favorably by some historians because of his domestic policies and the passage of several laws in his tenure, including civil rights, gun control, and an expansion of social security." Because he didn't create or pass social security. That was during FDR's term. He expanded it in the following way: http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/lbjleg1.html That link should be the footnote after social security. Thank you. Deniserobb (talk) 08:10, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not done The actual text reads Historians argue that Johnson's presidency marked the peak of modern liberalism in the United States after the New Deal era. Johnson is ranked favorably by some historians because of his domestic policies and the passage of many major laws, affecting civil rights, gun control, social security, and many other areas. That passage, especially given "...affecting...", doesn't imply that Johnson created social security and is correct otherwise, as far as I can tell (although the phrase "many other areas" is rather vague and might stand to be changed). Dhtwiki (talk) 09:24, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Racist

Johnson was recorded using the N-word in a telephone conversation. Shouldn't the article mention he was a racist? (79.67.106.249 (talk) 11:27, 21 January 2016 (UTC))[reply]