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On Air Force One about 90 minutes after Kennedy expired.
LBJ. Linden Baines Johnson the Vice President. He took the oath of office on Air Force One before it left Dallas. Google a picture of it. You will see Jackie Kennedy at his elbow still in her bloodstained suit.
After John Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States. He was sworn in by Sarah Hughes aboard Air Force One, with Jackie Kennedy standing at his side.
President Kennedy had been assassinated and a transfer of power was necessary.
The president who took his oath of office from a woman is Lyndon B. Johnson. The woman is Sarah T. Hughes, a U.S. District Court judge who swore Johnson into office on Air Force One after John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
He was sworn in on Air Force One after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. The date was Nov. 22, 1963.
Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn into office aboard the Air Force One on November 22, 1963 the same day John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
As Vice-President, according to our Constitution, when President Kennedy was pronounced dead, Johnson automatically became president, and he was sworn in on the same aircraft that Kennedy and his staff flew to Dallas in the previous day. Whatever aircraft the President happens to be on, carries the designation "Air Force One", and there is a famous photograph that shows Jackie Kennedy, still in blood soaked clothing, and Lyndon Johnson, standing beside the casket that contained the remains of JFK, as Johnson was sworn in aboard the jet liner that had carried the Kennedy's and their staff to Dallas, before they even left the Dallas airport. Johnson said he wanted to get sworn in quickly, so as to remove any argument as to who was then President, back in Washington DC.
Lyndon Johnson was the vice-president when Kennedy died. Johnson was sworn in as President while sitting in Air Force One the day Kennedy died.
Kennedy and Johnson
On November 22, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President aboard Air Force One, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The aircraft was parked on the ramp at Love Field in Dallas, Texas at the time.
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was in the same motorcade as President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was two cars back in the motorcade.