Vice President Andrew Johnson was sworn in in Washington, D. C., after the death of Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in on Air Force One, enroute from Dallas, Texas, to Washington, D. C., after the death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who was (perhaps) assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
The most minimal amount of research will produce dates, places, details of the assassinations, and the names of the officials who took their oaths and others present at the swearing-in.
2007-04-26 15:18:25
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answered by Curious George 3
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Who Andrew Johnson
What Democrat
When April 15, 1865-March 4, 1869
Where Washington DC
Why-Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
Who Lyndon Baines Johnson
What Democrat
where- Texas on Air Force One
when November 22,1963-January 20,1969
Why Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
2007-04-26 15:41:19
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answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969). After serving a long career in the U.S. Congress, Johnson became the 37th Vice President, and in 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Two hours after President Kennedy was shot two cars in front of him in a Dealey Plaza motorcade, Johnson was sworn in as President on Air Force One in Dallas at Love Field Airport on November 22, 1963. He was sworn in by Federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes, a very close friend of his family, making him the first President sworn in by a woman.
To investigate Kennedy's murder, Johnson created a special panel called the Warren Commission. This panel, headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, conducted hearings about the assassination and concluded that Oswald did indeed shoot the President without conspiring with anyone. Not everyone agreed with the Warren Commission, however, and numerous public and private investigations continued for decades after Johnson left office.
The wave of national grief and soul-searching following the assassination gave enormous momentum to Johnson's promise to carry out Kennedy's programs. He retained the senior Kennedy appointees, some, for the life of his presidency. Even the late President's brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, with whom Johnson had an infamously difficult relationship, remained in office until leaving to run for the Senate.
2007-04-26 15:20:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Just for variety, I'm going to assume you meant the other Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, elected Vice President on the Republican ticket with Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election. Lincoln was assassinated April of 1865, Johnson was sworn in as President.
In the structure that you asked...
who? um....President Johnson...
what? became President
when? April, 1865
where? idk, guessing DC
why? because he was vice president when the president was assassinated.
2007-04-26 15:35:01
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answered by lockedjew 5
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appears like 5 human beings have the impressive answer , how are you going to provide 10 factors to each of them? seem up the back floor of LBJ, a crooked baby-kisser if there ever develop into one! really Kennedy did not like him yet mandatory him to get the southern vote! remember Kennedy develop into the first Catholic President , and as a lot as that element everyone suggested, no Catholic might want to ever be President!
2016-12-04 22:41:53
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answered by ? 4
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36th President of the United States
In office
November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969
Vice President(s) None (1963–1965),
Hubert Humphrey (1965–1969)
Preceded by John F. Kennedy
Succeeded by Richard Nixon
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37th Vice President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
President John F. Kennedy
Preceded by Richard Nixon
Succeeded by Hubert Humphrey
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Born August 27, 1908
Stonewall, Texas
Died January 22, 1973 (aged 64)
Stonewall, Texas
Political party Democratic
Spouse Lady Bird Johnson
Profession teacher, career politician
Religion Disciple of Christ
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969). After serving a long career in the U.S. Congress, Johnson became the 37th Vice President, and in 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following President John F. Kennedy's assassination. He was a major leader of the Democratic Party and as President was responsible for designing his Great Society, comprising liberal legislation including civil rights laws, Medicare (health care for the elderly), Medicaid (health care for the poor), aid to education, and a major "War on Poverty". Simultaneously, he escalated the American involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16,000 American soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 in early 1968.
He was elected President in his own right in a landslide in 1964, but his popularity steadily declined after 1966 and his reelection bid in 1968 collapsed as a result of turmoil in his party. He withdrew from the race to concentrate on peacemaking. Johnson was renowned for his domineering personality and arm twisting of powerful politicians.Andrew Johnson
Served 1865-1869 (became President upon the death of Lincoln)
Andrew Johnson was born December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Johnson grew up in poverty. He was apprenticed to a tailor as a boy, but ran away. He opened a tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee, and married Eliza McCardle on May 17, 1827, and had five children.
Johnson never had a single day of formal schooling, but his wife taught him to read and write. Like Millard Fillmore, once Johnson learned to read, he studied and became a lawyer. Moving to Tennessee, he pursued politics and was elected to Congress and then the Senate. Alone among all Southern Senators, he remained in the Senate when his state seceded.
Although Johnson was from the Democratic Party, in 1864, Lincoln chose Johnson as his running mate under the National Union Party banner. When Lincoln died April 15, 1865, Johnson became president. He did not have a Vice President.
Johnson had the job of trying to heal the country after the Civil War left the country in ruins. As a Southerner who sided with the North, he had many political enemies both outside and within his own government. He was a great speaker, but many of his opponents worked against him during those turbulent times. Johnson did not want retribution against the South, but many in his government wanted to punish the South for secession and the war.
Johnson was also unpopular for his purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars, negotiated by Secretary of State William Seward. People called the Alaska Purchase "Seward's Folly."
In 1867, Congress passed an act prohibiting the President from dismissing a cabinet member without the consent of Congress. Despite this act of Congress, Johnson dismissed Secretary of War Edwin H. Stanton for his unwavering demands for retribution. In 1868, Congress voted to impeach Johnson, to hold a trial to remove him from office under the Constitutional provision again "high crimes and misdemeanors." Johnson was acquitted by by only one vote.
Nebraska became the 37th state admitted to the Union during his tenure.
After his turbulant term of office ended in 1869, Johnson returned to Tennessee and ran for the U.S. Senate. He was elected and served his last years as the only President ever to serve in the Senate after his Presidency. Johnson died on July 31, 1875. His love of freedom was so great that a copy of the Constitution as a pillow for his head is buried with him.
White House biography
2007-04-26 15:13:08
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answered by jewle8417 5
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