Which U.S. President taught school in the state of Texas?

Before he entered politics, the 36th U.S. president, Lyndon Johnson, attended a teachers’ college and pursued a career in education. Originally, he dropped out of Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos, Texas (Texas State University, San Marcos) for a year to serve as principal and teach fifth, sixth, and seventh grades at Welhausen School, a Mexican American school in the south Texas town of Cotulla. Also, he had time to be a leader in many extracurricular activities, editing the school paper and helping with the debate team.

Next, on August 19, 1930, he graduated with a B.S. degree. He then taught for a few weeks at Pearsall High School, in Pearsall, Texas. Then, he took a job teaching public speaking at Sam Houston High School in Houston, Texas. As a results of his efforts in the spring of 1931, his debate team won the district championship.