Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963; Johnson ran in his own right in 1964, winning in a landslide.

On July 13, 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention.

Lyndon B. Johnson insisted that JFK’s wife Jackie Kennedy accompany him back to Washington hours after her husband's assassination on November 22, 1963.

Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis believed Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was behind the assassination of her husband, according to tapes recorded by the former First Lady just months after his death ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 1963 (UPI) - Lyndon Baines Johnson today met the awesome responsibilities of President of the United States grimly determined - with the help of God and a united America - to ...

The life and times of LBJ It is an indelible image: aboard Air Force One, just hours after President John F. Kennedy's tragic assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as president, flanked ...

In the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as John F. Kennedy's running mate, was elected Vice President. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as President.

Kennedy Assassination Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about the assassination of President John Kennedy, the event that led to Lyndon Johnson ...

Lyndon Baines Johnson , also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had ...

A number of memorable images came from those tragic few days after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963: Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in as the successor president on Air ...

In 1960, Senator Johnson ran for the Democratic nomination for President. He lost to fellow Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. However, Kennedy tapped Johnson to be his running mate.

John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 22, 1963. Here is everything to know about JFK’s assassination.