Lyndon B. Johnson insisted that JFK’s wife Jackie Kennedy accompany him back to Washington hours after her husband's assassination on November 22, 1963.

Lyndon B. Johnson inaugural address: January 20, 1965 22:45. My fellow countrymen: On this occasion the oath I have taken before you and before God is not mine alone, but ours together.

On this occasion the oath I have taken before you and before God is not mine alone, but ours together. We are one nation and one people. Our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not ...

At 12:03, Lyndon Johnson took his place before Chief Justice Earl Warren. Across the Potomac, cannon boomed a 21-gun salute. Lady Bird, gazing steadily into Lyndon’s eyes, stood between the two ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1965 (UPI) - Lyndon Baines Johnson was inaugurated as President in his own right today and launched his term with a plea for Americans to unite to achieve "progress without ...

Lyndon Johnson was sworn in aboard Air Force One two hours after John F. Kennedy's assassination. Andrew Johnson was reportedly drunk at his emergency inauguration after Abraham Lincoln was killed.

Description. This lesson explores the first 100 days of Lyndon Johnson's presidency. The lesson, which features Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer, opens with ...

Lyndon Johnson wants to be remembered as the man in the business suit. In a break with prevailing custom, the White House announced that Johnson will attend the Inauguration wearing “an Oxford ...

Check out these 12 inauguration facts to test your knowledge. Skip Navigation. Share on ... John Quincy Adams (1825), Franklin Pierce (1853), Theodore Roosevelt (1901), and Lyndon Johnson in 1963 ...