President Kennedy had been assassinated.
Lyndon Johnson
On Air Force One about 90 minutes after Kennedy expired.
Lyndon Baines Johnson was the first US President to take the oath of office while his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, held the bible. This took place in 1965.
1963, immediately following the death of President Kennedy.
Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon Johnson took the oath as soon as it was realized that President Kennedy was killed in Dallas in 1963.
John F. Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic to be elected president, was the first to take the oath of office using a Douay version of the Bible. After Kennedy's assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office using a Catholic missal on Air Force One.
No, he used the Bible to take his oath of office.
Yes, that is what happened. He was sworn in while Air Force One was parked at Love Field, 2 hours and 8 minutes after Kennedy died on Nov. 22, 1963
Oath of Office
Yes-congressmen take an oath of office before they begin work.
President Kennedy had been assassinated and a transfer of power was necessary.