Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States
Johnson was the Vice President to President John F. Kennedy until Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Around the time of Kennedy's death was when the Vietnam War started to escalate. Johnson refused to send troops to aid South Vietnam against the war because he felt that it would hurt is chances of winning the upcoming election. After Johnson had won the election he wasted no time and sent troops to Vietnam to aid Southern Vietnam. Nobody expected what was going on in Vietnam to escalate as much as it did especially Johnson, thus as the war got worse for the U.S. Johnson decided not to run for reelection in 1968.
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