III 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 354 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 19, 2008 
Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 
36th President, designer of the Great Society, politician, 
educator, and civil rights enforcer. 
Whereas August 27, 2008, marks the 100th birthday of Lyn-
don Baines Johnson; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was born in Stonewall, Texas, 
to Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr., a Texas representative, and 
Rebekah Baines, on August 27, 1908; 
Whereas upon graduation, Lyndon B. Johnson enrolled in 
Southwest Texas State Teachers’ College, where he 
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vigorously participated in debate, campus politics, and 
edited the school newspaper; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson had several teaching positions 
throughout Texas, including at the Welhausen School in 
La Salle County, at Pearsall High School, and as a pub-
lic speaking teacher at Sam Houston High School in 
Houston; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson went to work as a congressional 
assistant at the age of 23; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson served the 10th Congressional 
District in the Texas House of Representatives from 
April 10, 1937, to January 3, 1949; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson became a commissioned officer 
in the Navy Reserves in December 1941; 
Whereas during World War II, Lyndon B. Johnson was rec-
ommended by Undersecretary of the Navy James For-
restal to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who assigned 
Johnson to a three-man survey team in the southwest 
Pacific; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was conferred the Silver Star, 
which is the military’s third highest medal, by General 
Douglas MacArthur; 
Whereas in 1948, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected to the Sen-
ate at the age of 41; 
Whereas in 1951, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Senate mi-
nority leader at the age of 44 and elected Senate major-
ity leader at the age of 46, the youngest in our history; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President at 
the age of 52, becoming president of the Senate; 
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Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson’s congressional career and his 
leadership spanned the stock market crash, the Great 
Depression, World War II, the nuclear age, the Cold 
War, the space age, and the civil rights movement, some 
of the most turbulent years in American history; 
Whereas Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was appointed 
as head of the President’s Committee on Equal Employ-
ment Opportunities, through which he worked with Afri-
can Americans and other minorities; 
Whereas an hour and 38 minutes after the assassination of 
President Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as 
President aboard Air Force One; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was a bold leader; 
Whereas as President, Lyndon B. Johnson believed that gov-
ernment could guarantee human rights, could lift people 
out of poverty, and provide access to quality education 
and health care throughout the Nation; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was an idealist, a force of na-
ture, and had the energy and determination and leader-
ship to turn those dreams into reality; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was a ‘‘can-do’’ President be-
cause no matter how difficult and daunting the task at 
hand, he never rested until it was completed; 
Whereas in 1964, the Johnson Administration passed the 
landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned de jure 
segregation in the Nation’s schools and public places; 
Whereas the Johnson Administration passed the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed obstructive provi-
sions that were rendered impractical and impartial to po-
tential voters; 
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Whereas in January of 1965, the Johnson Administration in-
troduced the Great Society, which included provisions for 
aid to education, Medicare, urban renewal, beautification, 
conservation, the development of depressed regions, a 
wide-scale fight against poverty, and the removal of ob-
stacles to the right to vote; 
Whereas in 1967, President Johnson nominated Thurgood 
Marshall as the first African-American to serve on the 
Supreme Court; 
Whereas during Johnson’s presidency, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration made spectacular steps 
forward in space exploration when 3 astronauts success-
fully orbited the moon in December 1968; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson died at 4:33 p.m. on January 
22, 1973, at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas, at the age 
of 64; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was posthumously awarded the 
Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980; 
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson is honored, venerated, and re-
vered for his drive to establish equality for all Americans, 
illustrated in the momentous legislation passed during his 
Administration; 
Whereas Congress recognizes the 100th birthday of Lyndon 
B. Johnson, the 36th president; 
Whereas Congress extols the contributions of Lyndon B. 
Johnson to the United States and his commitment to the 
War on Poverty through the Economic Opportunity Act; 
Whereas Congress commends Lyndon B. Johnson for estab-
lishing the Medicare Act of 1965 that has helped millions 
of Americans; and 
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Whereas Congress requests that the President issue a procla-
mation calling upon the American people to observe the 
Centennial Celebration of Lyndon B. Johnson and his 
‘‘can-do spirit’’ with appropriate ceremonies, programs, 
and activities: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
(1) reaffirms its support for the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965; 
(2) recognizes the significance of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965; and 
(3) honors Lyndon B. Johnson for his work as 
a civil rights enforcer. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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