Born: August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas... Lyndon Johnson was the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court. On June 13, 1967, Johnson named Thurgood Marshall, the ...
When former President Lyndon B. Johnson took office in 1963, he requested another desk for the Oval Office, according to The White House Historical Association. Between 1966 and 1977, the Resolute ...