Milard Filmore became President on July 9, 1850, when Zachary Taylor died of either a severe intestinal problem or heat stroke.
Lyndon B. Johnson became President when President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed on November 22, 1963.
He became President because he was the vice-president when President Lincoln was killed. He became vice-president because of his strong stance in favor of the federal union and because he was from a slave state. He was the only Southern senator who did not resign when his state seceded.
If you're referring to how he became president in 1963, it was because JFK was killed.
Lyndon Johnson
They were all Presidents and were Vice President when the President was killed in office or died while in office.
No. He was elected vice-president in 1880 and became president when Garfield was killed in office. He never ran for president.
Vice-president Andrew Johnson became the 17th US president when Lincoln was killed.
Johnson was vice-president under Lincoln. After Lincoln was killed, Johnson became president.
5 John Tyler when William Henry Harrison died from illness. Andrew Johnson when Lincoln was killed. Chester Arthur when James Garfield was killed Lyndon B. Johnson when Kennedy was killed And Teddy Roosevelt when McKinley was killed.
It was in mid April , 1865 that Lincoln was killed and Johnson became president.
President Lyndon Baines Johnson died of a massive heart attack on January 22, 1973.
Andrew Johnson was the 17th President. He was the vice-president under Lincoln and became President after Lincoln was killed.