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Lyndon B. Johnson 1908-1973

 

Lyndon B. Johnson 1908-1973

Above Image:

Lyndon B. Johnson, June 1964

Library of Congress


 

From 1963 to 1969, LBJ was the 36th president of the United States. He was the president between JFK and Richard Nixon.


See also
Governments in History.

 

Lyndon B. Johnson was pushed into the president's chair after JFK's assassination. He was sworn into office on November 22, 1963, in the conference room onboard Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Texas.

For the first time in U.S. history, the oath was administered by a woman. The lady in question was Sarah T. Hughes, the district judge of Northern Texas. Here is the photo.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON - OATH OF OFFICE - NOVEMBER 22, 1963
LYNDON B. JOHNSON - OATH OF OFFICE - NOVEMBER 22, 1963
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On November 27, 1963, Johnson delivered his Let us Continue speech in his address to a joined session of Congress.


On November 29, 1963, Johnson appointed
Earl Warren head of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, aka the Warren Commission.

 

On May 22, 1964, Johnson visited the University of Michigan and outlined his policy in his The Great Society Speech.



On July 2, 1964, Johnson signed the
Civil Rights Act into law.

Not everybody was thrilled. Alabama's governor Wallace, for instance, shot back with his The Civil Rights Act: A Hoax speech.

 

In the 1964 elections, Lyndon B. Johnson beat Republican Barry Goldwater and on January 20, 1965, Johnson gave his Inaugural Address.


On March 15, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson delivered his
We Shall Overcome speech in front of a joint session of Congress, in which he introduced the Voting Rights Act. The address, also known as The American Promise speech, was nationally broadcast.

Congress passed the voting rights bill and Johnson signed it on August 6, 1965, with Martin Luther King looking over his shoulder.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965
National Archives

 

In his Address to the Nation on March 31, 1968, President Johnson announced that he was seeking peace talks in the Vietnam War. He also declared that "I shall not seek and would not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your President."


In January 1969, Johnson retired to his LBJ Ranch in Texas.

In his bedroom, he died of his third heart attack on January 22, 1973.

 

And here is the link to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum, which you are welcome to visit at Austin, Texas.

 

 

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