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===Marriage and children=== On November 17, 1934, Johnson married [[Lady Bird Johnson|Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor]] from [[Karnack, Texas]]. The two first met after he attended [[Georgetown University Law Center]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] for one semester.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tzatzev |first=Aleksi |title=Six Law School Dropouts Who Went On To Become President |website=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/six-presidents-who-dropped-out-of-law-school-2012-9 |date=September 8, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> During their first date, Johnson asked her to marry him; many dates later, she finally agreed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Caro |first=Robert A. |title=The years of Lyndon Johnson |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |location=New York |date=1982β2012 |isbn=978-0-679-40507-8 |oclc=8590268}}</ref> The wedding was officiated by [[Arthur R. McKinstry]] at [[St. Mark's Episcopal Church (San Antonio, Texas)|St. Mark's Episcopal Church]] in [[San Antonio]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/29/obituaries/a-r-mckinstry-97-ex-episcopal-bishop.html |title=A. R. McKinstry, 97 β Ex-Episcopal Bishop |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 29, 1991 |access-date=July 25, 2017}}</ref> They had two daughters: [[Lynda Bird Johnson|Lynda Bird]] in 1944 and [[Luci Baines Johnson|Luci Baines]] in 1947. Johnson gave his children names with the LBJ initials; his dog was named Little Beagle Johnson, and his home was the [[LBJ Ranch]] in the [[Texas Hill Country]]. His initials were on his cufflinks, ashtrays, and clothes.<ref name="Inc1956">{{cite magazine |last=Steele |first=John |title=A Kingmaker or a Dark Horse |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70gEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA121 |date=June 25, 1956 |magazine=Life |pages=111β124 |access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> During his marriage, Johnson had [[Infidelity|affairs]] with "numerous"<ref name="caro 2019" /> women, including socialite [[Alice Marsh]], who was considered, outside his marriage, his most important relationship.<ref name="caro 2019">{{cite news |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/28/the-secrets-of-lyndon-johnsons-archives |title=The Secrets of Lyndon Johnson's Archives |first=Robert A. |last=Caro |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=January 28, 2019 |access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>
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