Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States. (PROSE: Tricky Dicky [+]David Llewellyn, The Brilliant Book 2012 fiction (BBC Books, 2011).)
Biography[]
Lyndon Baines Johnson served as Vice President of the United States under John F. Kennedy. Following Kennedy's assassination, Johnson was sworn in as president. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]David Bishop, Virgin Books (1996)., AUDIO: 1963: The Space Race [+]Jonathan Morris, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2013).) He would create the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]David Bishop, Virgin Books (1996).)
Due to his pursuit of the Vietnam War in the 1960s, he was reviled by the counterculture movement in the United States. (PROSE: Wonderland [+]Mark Chadbourn, Telos Doctor Who novellas (Telos Publishing, 2003).)
References[]
His waxwork replica appeared in Madame Tussauds when the Third Doctor and Liz Shaw visited to investigate the first Auton invasion of Earth. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 7 (BBC1, 1970).)
Behind the scenes[]
- He was played by Michael Gambon in the 2002 film Path to War.
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