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.

(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, left, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson walk from the White House in August 1961. Photo: National Archive/Newsmakers/Getty Images ...

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 ...

Sept. 8, 2011— -- 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 ...

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 ...

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

The first lady, the judge who swore in the new president and others. President Kennedy stands on a Texas airstrip with Jackie Kennedy and Governor John Connally, Nov. 22, 1963. Bettmann/Corbis Nov ...

Robert Caro, in this week’s issue, tells the story of Lyndon B. Johnson on the day he became President—the day, that is, when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Here is a look at those events ...

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library convened a conference on the presidency and civil rights. ... See all on Johnson, Lyndon Kennedy, John F. Minorities The Presidency. February 20, 2012 ...

A little less than six months later, Johnson became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A little more than 13 months later, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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