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LBJ's career started in 1938 when he was elected a congressman, one of the youngest ever. He was elected to the Senate in 1948 under a cloud of suspicion. LBJ won by only 87 votes. In 1954, when the Democrats took over the Senate, LBJ became the youngest majority leader ever at age 46. In 1957, LBJ engineered passage of the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction, but the bill had too many compromises and no teeth. By 1960, LBJ felt he was ready for the presidency, but John Kennedy got there first and then picked LBJ as his vice president.
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- verified Status: Returning Series
- person By: Unknown
- calendar_month Release Date: 1991-09-30
- video_camera_front Companies GBH
- tag Season: Season 4
- timer Episode Runtime: 55 Mins
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