Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials 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.
B. L. Shaw B. L. Shaw Bernice Lorene Shaw, known as B. L. "Buddy" Shaw (September 6, 1933 – January 18, 2018), was an educator from Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for Caddo and Bossier parishes in the northwestern corner of the state. Shaw defeated fellow Republican Billy Montgomery in the general election held on November 17, 2007, to procure the District 37 Senate seat vacated by the term-limited Max T. Malone of Shreveport. Shaw received 7,157 votes (57 percent) to Montgomery's 5,317 (43 percent) Shaw received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwestern State