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

FILE - In this Friday morning, Nov. 22, 1963 file photo, President John F. Kennedy, center, and Vice President Lyndon Johnson, center right, walk with others in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Later ...

After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson believed it was best for a reeling nation to know that a president was in place immediately.

The Central Intelligence Agency has released presidential briefing documents from the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, offering fresh insight into some of the most fraught ...

(CBS News) The assassination of President John F. Kennedy changed the world in a moment, but according to author Robert Caro, it was President Lyndon B. Johnson who was drastically - and ...

President John F. Kennedy was so "worried for the country" about the prospect that Vice President Lyndon Johnson might succeed him as president that he'd begun having private conversations about ...

quicklist: 6title: Lyndon B. Johnson text: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th president of the United States after President Kennedy's assassination.

Herbert Gordon: 99 minutes after President Kennedy was pronounced dead, Lyndon Baines Johnson took the oath of office. Mrs. Kennedy stood solemnly on his left as he swore to uphold the ...

Lyndon Johnson earned money as a boy by shining shoes. The Kennedys, another commentator notes, knew nothing about race—and JFK was reluctant to do anything about civil rights.

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 ...

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.

Civil rights leaders meeting with President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office of the White House following the civil rights march on Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Pictured are (left to ...