| Rebekah Baines Johnson | |
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| Born | June 26, 1881 McKinney, Texas |
| Died | September 12, 1958 (aged 77) Austin, Texas |
| Spouse(s) | Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. (m. 1907–1937; his death) |
| Children | 5, including Lyndon B. Johnson and Sam Houston Johnson |
| Parent(s) | Joseph Wilson Baines Ruth Ament Huffmann |
Rebekah Baines Johnson (June 26, 1881 – September 12, 1958) was the mother of 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson.
The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Formerly the 37th vice president of the United States from 1961 to 1963, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also served as a United States Representative and as the Majority Leader in the United States Senate. Johnson is one of only four people who have served in all four federal elected positions.
She was born to Joseph Wilson Baines (1846–1906) and Ruth Ament Huffmann Baines (1854–1936) on June 26, 1881, in McKinney, Texas. [1] On August 20, 1907, she married state legislator Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. They had five children together. [1]
Joseph Wilson Baines was Secretary of State of Texas and a member of the Texas state legislature.
McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States. It is Collin County's second-largest city, after Plano. Part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about 32 miles (51 km) north of Dallas.
Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. was an American businessman and politician. He was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives representing the 89th District. He served in the 29th, 30th, 35th, 37th, and 38th Texas Legislatures. He was the father of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the son of Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr. He was a struggling farmer and cattle speculator who lived in the Texas Hill Country.
She died on September 12, 1958, in Austin, Texas at age 77. [2]
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. It is the 11th-most populous city in the United States and the 4th-most populous city in Texas. It is also the fastest growing large city in the United States, the second most populous state capital after Phoenix, Arizona, and the southernmost state capital in the contiguous United States. As of the U.S. Census Bureau's July 1, 2017 estimate, Austin had a population of 950,715 up from 790,491 at the 2010 census. The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan statistical area, which had an estimated population of 2,115,827 as of July 1, 2017. Located in Central Texas within the greater Texas Hill Country, it is home to numerous lakes, rivers, and waterways, including Lady Bird Lake and Lake Travis on the Colorado River, Barton Springs, McKinney Falls, and Lake Walter E. Long.
