He wasn't considered the worse. Actually, he was a man who had many connections in Congress,knew where the bodies were buried, and was very powerful in his way. He and Kennedy didn't like each other, but Johnson was very competent for his role. He held the country together in a very bad time and took to steps needed when they were required. He did get mired down in Vietnam, but he was the 3 president to be engaged in the problems there. He had to contend with the problem he inherited.
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Nebraska became at state in 1967 while Johnson was President. (He also completed the purchase of Alaska, adding it to US territory to eventually become a state.)
Yes, he was a lifelong Democrat; first elected to Congress during the New Deal which he staunchly supported. He went on to become the Dem. Senate Leader and then Vice-President before President.
Lyndon B. Jonson died at the age of 64 years old.
President Andrew Johnson firmly opposed to the Fourteenth Amendment and recommended the former Confederate States not to ratify the same if it were to become a law. This opposition outraged the Congress, which in March 1867 passed the Reconstruction Act that imposed its will on the South by diktat.
Johnson was vice-president under Lincoln. After Lincoln was killed, Johnson became president.
Lyndon Johnson was Vice President to President John F. Kennedy. Johnson became president following Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
It was in mid April , 1865 that Lincoln was killed and Johnson became president.
Andrew Johnson was the only former president to become a senator.
Lyndon Johnson was Vice President to President John F. Kennedy. Johnson became president following Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Andrew Johnson had been vice President under Lincoln, and he became President only because of the assassination of Lincoln. Even though this was exactly what the constitution required, many people at the time felt that Johnson did not have the right to become President, and resented him. This was particularly true because Johnson was from the South. It almost seemed like a final coup d'etat by the Confederacy, for Johnson to become President.
Johnson was president of USA at that time.
Johnson was the vice president when Lincoln died and so succeeded to the presidency in accordance with the US Constitution.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Texas, and Lyndon B. Johnson was his vice president.