Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963-1969). As the running-mate of John F. Kennedy, Johnson became the thirty-seventh Vice President, and in 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following Kennedy’s assassination.
He was elected President in his own right in a landslide victory in 1964. Johnson was renowned for his domineering (or dominating) personality and the “Johnson treatment,” his arm-twisting of powerful politicians.
Then, at the end of a March 31 speech, he shocked the nation when he announced he would not run for re-election: “I shall not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your President”. Had he stayed in the race and won and served out the new term, he would have been president for 9 years, second only to Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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