Lyndon B. Johnson was an imposing figure in Washington, known for his effective but heavy-handed methods for corralling political support. He is the last vice president to become president after ...

Lyndon Johnson would likely recognize the Republicans ... run for higher office to the U.S. Senate before later becoming vice ...

Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Gerald R. Ford (Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, and Lyndon Johnson were subsequently re-elected as president). Five other vice presidents have attained the presidency ...

Johnson, a former vice president and Senate majority leader ... not unlike that faced long ago under different circumstances by President Lyndon B. Johnson," Doggett said. "Today’s courageous ...

On March 31, 1968, at the conclusion of a nationally broadcast address on Vietnam, President Lyndon B. Johnson stunned ...

The same situation occurred when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and Lyndon B. Johnson ascended to the presidency, leaving his former role vacant. This gap between presidents and vice ...

One president emerged as a pivotal figure in the progression of the Civil Rights Movement and that was Lyndon B. Johnson.