President Lyndon B. Johnson Signing the Medicare Bill

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Description

The photograph shows President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare Bill at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri on July 30, 1965. Former President Harry S. Truman is seated at the table with President Johnson. The following are in the background (from left to right): Senator Edward Long, an unidentified man, Senator Mike Mansfield, Lady Bird Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and Bess Truman.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection.

National Archives Identifier: 596403

Full Citation: 34897-22; Photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson Signing the Medicare Bill; 7/30/1965; Johnson White House Photographs, 11/22/1963 – 1/20/1969; Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection,; Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, TX. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/president-johnson-signing-medicare-bill/, April 7, 2026]

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