holding the bible for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 — a choice that has since become tradition. She had already been first lady for more than a year, but the president’s first inauguration had ...

Truman in April of 1945 following the death of Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson in November of ... What happened: The first official Inaugural Ball was held for James Madison, but it was so ...

Lyndon Johnson was poised for the biggest day of his life, his first pomp-and-ceremonial inauguration. The event would be all the more stirring because of the jarring contrast with his first ...

The inauguration is really about swearing in the next president, but first ladies throughout history have stolen the show with their inaugural gowns.

Born: August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas... Lyndon Johnson was the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court. On June 13, 1967, Johnson named Thurgood Marshall ...

President Lyndon Johnson delivered his final State of the Union Address to Congress on January 14, 1969, less than a week before the inauguration of his successor, Republican Richard Nixon.

Many first ladies' inaugural gowns are displayed at the ... Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, his vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, took the oath of office in a haphazard ceremony aboard Air ...