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.

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.

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

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 ...

The life and times of LBJ 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, flanked ...

Kennedy Assassination Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about the assassination of President John Kennedy, the event that led to Lyndon Johnson ...

Still, neither Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Bush, nor Ford is the U.S. Navy’s most prominent sailor turned president. That distinction belongs to John F. Kennedy – who in death has become a ...

Upon his death, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the U.S. C-SPAN Classroom has aggregated a number of video resources to help your students learn more about the day, his ...

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.

President Lyndon B. Johnson wrestled with social justice, war, and unrest. Here's how his legacy is still relevant to America today.

In the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as John F. Kennedy's running mate, was elected Vice President. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as President.

John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 22, 1963. Here is everything to know about JFK’s assassination.