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Lyndon Johnson was Kennedys successor.
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Lyndon B. Johnson did not serve under Roosevelt's administration. Johnson served as Vice President under President John F. Kennedy from 1961 until Kennedy's assassination in 1963 and then became the 36th President of the United States.
1965 Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in as President on November 22, 1963. He was sworn in in his hotel room after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
president johnson favored equal voting rights for women
federal funds for low-income housing
McNamara was president of Ford Motor Company before joining the Johnson administration.
John Kennedy and his camp offered the position to Johnson. He was a powerful senator and he wanted to be President. Kennedy needed him to carry Texas and offered him a position on his ticket. There may have been other influences on Johnson as well.
US President Andrew Johnson became the US president, from his position as Vice President in 1865 due to the assassination of US President Lincoln. From 1862 to 1865 Johnson served as the military governor of occupied Tennessee.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, longtime senator from Texas, was Kennedy's Vice President. He therefore became President upon Kennedy's death.Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon Baynes Johnson (LBJ) was Vice-President under John F. Kennedy (JFK)VP Lyndon JohnsonLyndon B Johnson
US Ambassadors did not believe Diem would accomplish US goals in Vietnam.