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In full:
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Also called:
LBJ
Born:
August 27, 1908, Gillespie county, Texas, U.S.
Died:
January 22, 1973, San Antonio, Texas (aged 64)
Also Known As:
LBJ
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Title / Office:
presidency of the United States of America (1963-1969), United States
vice president of the United States of America (1961-1963), United States
vice president (1960-1963), United States
United States Senate (1949-1961), United States
House of Representatives (1937-1949), United States
Political Affiliation:
Democratic Party
Notable Family Members:
spouse Lady Bird Johnson
Role In:
Civil Rights Act
Great Society
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin incident
Vietnam War
Voting Rights Act
assassination of John F. Kennedy
Fair Housing Act
Freedom of Information Act
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
War on Poverty
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The table provides a list of cabinet members in the administration of Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson.

Cabinet of President Lyndon B. Johnson
*Newly created department.
November 22, 1963-January 20, 1965 (Term 1)
State Dean Rusk
Treasury C. (Clarence) Douglas Dillon
Defense Robert S. McNamara
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
Interior Stewart Lee Udall
Agriculture Orville Lothrop Freeman
Commerce Luther Hartwell Hodges
Labor W. (William) Willard Wirtz
Health, Education, and Welfare Anthony Joseph Celebrezze
January 20, 1965-January 20, 1969 (Term 2)
State Dean Rusk
Treasury C. (Clarence) Douglas Dillon
Henry Hamill Fowler (from April 1, 1965)
Joseph Walker Barr (from December 23, 1968)
Defense Robert S. McNamara
Clark M. Clifford (from March 1, 1968)
Attorney General Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach
William Ramsey Clark (from March 10, 1967)
Interior Stewart Lee Udall
Agriculture Orville Lothrop Freeman
Commerce John Thomas Connor
Alexander Buel Trowbridge (from June 14, 1967)
Cyrus Rowlett Smith (from March 6, 1968)
Labor W. (William) Willard Wirtz
Health, Education, and Welfare Anthony Joseph Celebrezze
John William Gardner (from August 18, 1965)
Wilbur Joseph Cohen (from May 9, 1968)
Housing and Urban Development* Robert C. Weaver (from January 18, 1966)
Robert Coldwell Wood (from January 7, 1969)
Transportation* Alan Stephenson Boyd (from January 16, 1967)
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