It passed through Congress over Johnson's veto.
He vetoed the act but his veto was later overridden.
k President Johnson was in office and Kennedy dead.
ask your teachers!!
A civil rights act
No. Lyndon Johnson used 72 pens to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The first pen used was given to Speaker of the House John W. McCormack.
Linden Johnson
Andrew Johnson vetoed the post-Civil War bill.
Andrew Johnson
President Andrew Johnson was impeached, and under President Lyndon B. Johnson, Congress passed some of the most important laws, including the Civil Rights Act.
Andrew Johnson
President Andrew Johnson showed he did not support greater rights for African Americans in the south by vetoing the freedman's bureau and the civil rights act of 1868. President Johnson came into office after President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
During the civil war the vice president was Andrew Johnson. Then after President Lincoln was assassinated Johnson became president.
Congress passed the civil rights act of 1866 over the President's veto.
President Andrew Johnson.
Andrew Johnson was the vice-president of the United States which was known as the Union side in the Civil War.
The President was Andrew Johnson of Tennessee.
NOT Andrew Johnson
Congress passed the civil rights act of 1866 over the President's veto.