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Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈ l ɪ n d ə n ˈ b eɪ n z /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy , under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.
President Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965. After the end of Reconstruction, most Southern states enacted laws designed to disenfranchise and marginalize black citizens from politics so far as practicable without violating the Fifteenth Amendment.
Members of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential parties filled the central compartment of the plane to witness the swearing in. At 2:38 p.m. CST, Lyndon Baines Johnson took the oath of office as the 36th President of the United States. Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Johnson stood at the side of the new President as he took the oath of office.
August 9 – President Johnson accepts a proposal from William Womack Heath to build the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. [13] August 10 – Housing and Urban Development Act; August 11 – Watts riots result in 34 deaths, over 1,000 injuries, and widespread property damage and looting in Los Angeles. [14]
January 20 – President Johnson finishes his time in office and departs the White House with the First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. His successor, Richard Nixon, was inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States, at noon EST. Lyndon B. Johnson began his post-presidency. [citation needed]
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, ... Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) [67]
Peter Mangan flips through a large folder of newspaper clippings at the Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential library as he prepares to make a donation to the library, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in ...
The Johnson desk is a mahogany partners desk that was used by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office as his Oval Office desk.One of only six desks used by a president in the Oval Office, it was designed by Thomas D. Wadelton and built in 1909 by S. Karpen and Bros. in Chicago.