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 ...

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.

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.

When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights ...

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.