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.

Flanked by Jackie Kennedy (R) and his wife, Ladybird, Vice President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as president of the United States of America by Dallas Federal District Judge Sarah T. Hughes (L) on ...

Flanked by Jackie Kennedy (R) and his wife, Ladybird, Vice President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as president of the United States of America by Dallas Federal District Judge Sarah T. Hughes (L) on ...

Johnson served as Vice President until the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22nd, 1963. Johnson, aboard Air Force One, was then sworn in as the 36th President of the ...

In March 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nearly 40 minutes into a speech on the Vietnam War when he closed with a stunning announcement: He would not seek another term. From the Oval Office ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson also had a "blind" trust created for his television station. In 1943, Lady Bird Johnson purchased a small radio station in Austin, Texas for $17,500.

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.

When President Lyndon B. Johnson stopped in Portland for a campaign visit 60 years ago Saturday, throngs of supporters filled the streets from the airport to City Hall.

President Joe Biden is set to visit the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin to deliver a Monday speech marking the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

President Lyndon B. Johnson works on a speech in the White House Cabinet Room on March 30, 1968. He announced the next day that he would not seek or accept the Democratic nomination for reelection.

Johnson, aboard Air Force One, was then sworn in as the 36th President of the United States. ... Lyndon B. Johnson served as President of the United States from 1963 to 1969.