Is Lyndon B. Johnson related to Andrew Johnson?

One common ancestor was John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1406-1455). Andrew Johnson was his 10th great grandson, through the Earl's daughter Joan Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scots. Lyndon Johnson was his 15th great grandson, through the Earl's son Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. read more

One common ancestor was John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1406-1455). Andrew Johnson was his 10th great grandson, through the Earl's daughter Joan Beaufort, Queen Consort of Scots. Lyndon Johnson was his 15th great grandson, through the Earl's son Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. read more

President Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965 After the murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo, Johnson went on television to announce the arrest of four Ku Klux Klansmen implicated in her death. read more