Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson
Dates Country Locations Details
1 September 16 , 1964 Canada Vancouver Informal visit . Met with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in ceremonies related to the Columbia River Treaty
2 April 14-15 , 1966 Mexico Mexico , D.F Informal visit . Met with President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
3 August 21-22 , 1966 Canada Campobello Island , Chamcook Laid cornerstone at Roosevelt Campobello International Park . Conferred informally with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson
4 October 19-20 , 1966 New Zealand Wellington State visit . Met with Prime Minister Keith Holyoake
4 October 20-23 , 1966 Australia Canberra , Melbourne , Sydney , Brisbane , Townsville State visit . Met with Governor-General Richard Casey and Prime Minister Harold Holt . Intended as a thank-you visit for the Australian government 's solid support for the Vietnam War effort , the president and first lady were greeted by demonstrations from anti-war protesters
4 October 24-26 , 1966 Philippines Manila , Los Baños , Corregidor Attended a summit with the heads of State and government of Australia , South Korea , New Zealand , the Philippines , South Vietnam , and Thailand . The meeting ended with pronouncements to stand fast against communist aggression and to promote ideals of democracy and development in Vietnam and across Asia
4 October 26 , 1966 South Vietnam Cam Ranh Bay Visited U.S. military personnel
4 October 27-30 , 1966 Thailand Bangkok State visit . Met with King Bhumibol Adulyadej
4 October 30-31 , 1966 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur State visit . Met with Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman
4 October 31 - November 2 , 1966 South Korea Seoul , Suwon State visit . Met with President Park Chung-hee and Prime Minister Chung Il-kwon . Addressed National Assembly
5 December 3 , 1966 Mexico Ciudad Acuña Informal meeting with President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz . Inspected construction of Amistad Dam
6 April 11-14 , 1967 Uruguay Punta del Este Summit meeting with Latin American heads of state
6 April 14 , 1967 Suriname Paramaribo Refueling stop en route from Uruguay
7 April 23-26 , 1967 West Germany Bonn Attended the funeral of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and conversed with various heads of state
8 May 25 , 1967 Canada Montreal , Ottawa Met with Governor General Roland Michener . Attended Expo 67 . Conferred informally with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson
9 October 28 , 1967 Mexico Ciudad Juarez Attended transfer of El Chamizal from the U.S. to Mexico . Conferred with President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
10 December 21-22 , 1967 Australia Canberra Attended the funeral of Prime Minister Harold Holt . Conferred with other attending heads of state
10 December 23 , 1967 Thailand Khorat Visited U.S. military personnel
10 December 23 , 1967 South Vietnam Cam Ranh Bay Visited U.S. military personnel . Addressing the troops , Johnson declares ... all the challenges have been met . The enemy is not beaten , but he knows that he has met his master in the field
10 December 23 , 1967 Pakistan Karachi Met with President Ayub Khan
Foreign affairs -- List of international trips
Johnson made eleven international trips to twenty countries during his presidency . [ 213 ] He flew 523,000 miles aboard Air Force One while in office . One of the most unusual international trips in presidential history occurred before Christmas in 1967 . The President began the trip by going to the memorial service for Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt , who had disappeared in a swimming accident and was presumed drowned . The White House did not reveal in advance to the press that the President would make the first round-the-world presidential trip . The trip was 26,959 miles completed in only 112.5 hours ( 4.7 days ) . Air Force One crossed the equator twice , stopped in Travis Air Force Base , Calif. , then Honolulu , Pago Pago , Canberra , Melbourne , Vietnam , Karachi and Rome . Countries visited by Johnson during his presidency .
The presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson began on November 22, 1963, when Johnson became the 36th President of the United States upon the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and ended on January 20, 1969. He had been Vice President of the United States for days when he succeeded to the presidency. A Democrat from Texas, he ran for and won a full four-year term in the 1964 election, winning by a landslide over Republican opponent Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater. Johnson did not run for a second full term in the 1968 presidential election he was succeeded by Republican Richard Nixon. His presidency marked the high tide of modern liberalism in the United States. Johnson expanded upon the New Deal with the Great Society, a series of domestic legislative programs to help the poor and downtrodden. After taking office, he won passage of a major tax cut, the Clean Air Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After the 1964 election, Johnson passed even more sweeping reforms. The Social Security Amendments of 1965 created two government-run healthcare programs, Medicare and Medicaid. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits racial discrimination in voting, and its passage enfranchised millions of Southern African-Americans. Johnson declared a War on Poverty and established several programs designed to aid the impoverished. He also presided over major increases in federal funding to education and the end of a period of restrictive immigration laws.