SWEARING IN OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON

PRESIDENT
LYNDON B.
JOHNSON

November 22, 1963

Lyndon Baines Johnson became the 36th President of the United States upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

November 22, 1963

Lyndon Baines Johnson became the 36th President of the United States upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY

Oath of Office:

Administered to Lyndon Baines Johnson by the Honorable Sarah T. Hughes, U.S. District Judge of the Northern District of Texas.

Location:

Conference Room aboard Air Force One
Love Field Dallas, TX

FACTS, FIRSTS, & PRECEDENTS

First time a woman administered the oath of office (U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes swore in Johnson on Air Force One); First and only time a President took the oath of office on an airplane.