American History: Lyndon Johnson Becomes President
26 October 2011
Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as president with Jacqueline Kennedy at his side hours after her husband's murder in Dallas
STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember
This week in our series, we begin the story of President Lyndon Johnson.
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WALTER CRONKITE (CBS TV): “From Dallas Texas, the flash, apparently official, President Kennedy died at 1 PM Central Standard Time, two o’clock Eastern Standard Time.
Lyndon Baines Johnson became America's thirty-sixth president suddenly.
WALTER CRONKITE: “Vice President Lyndon Johnson has left the hospital in Dallas. Presumably, he will be taking the oath of office shortly, and become the thirty-sixth President of the United States.”
On November twenty-second, nineteen sixty-three, President John Kennedy was murdered.
Kennedy and Johnson, his vice president, were in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was shot as his open car drove through the city. Within a few hours, Johnson was sworn into office. The swearing-in took place on the presidential plane, Air Force One, at Dallas’ Love Field.
The plane returned to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington carrying the new president and the body of the former president.
At Andrews, President Johnson read a brief statement. He ended with these words: "I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help, and God's."
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