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Claudia "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson
Date of Birth: December 22, 1912
Married: November 17, 1934 -
Lyndon Johnson
Children: 2

  • Named "Lady Bird" by the family cook, she grew up in Texas the daughter of the richest man in town
  • She caught the eye of penniless Lyndon Johnson who proposed on the first date
  • She borrowed $10,000 from her inheritance to finance his first bid for Congress
  • Toady, Lady Bird owns numerous radio and television stations in Texas
  • As First Lady, she began a "Highway Beautification Program" calling for the elimination of all billboard advertising but the measure failed
  • She and her friends often boarded buses and traveled the highway stopping to pick up litter, and plant flowers
  • During one trip her troupe stopped for lunch at a Howard Johnsons Restaurant on the PA Turnpike
  • When the waitress was asked what it was like waiting on Mrs. Johnson, she replied she thought Howard's wife was rather nice, never realizing it was Mrs. Lyndon Johnson
  • Lady Bird convinced her husband to persuade Congress to appoint a permanent curator to the Mansion in 1965
  • As First Lady her daily routine of exercise usually consisted of a brisk morning walk of the grounds, a few games bowling with her daughters, fifty laps in the pool, and an afternoon of relaxation by sunbathing from the White house roof