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.

November 22, 1963: Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office as President of the United States, after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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

With rare skill he obtained passage of a number of key Eisenhower measures. In the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as John F. Kennedy's running mate, was elected Vice President. On November 22, 1963, when ...

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 07:39. 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 ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson wrestled with social justice, war, ... Johnson rose from Vice President to President in 1963 following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.

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.

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 ...

John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on ... JFK's Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States aboard Air Force One just hours after ...