Lyndon B. Johnson

New president Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, comfort Jacqueline Kennedy aboard Air Force One during Johnson's swearing-in ceremony. President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated hours earlier. Jackie Kennedy is speaking with Judge Sarah Hughes, who administered the oath of office to Johnson. (Bill Moyers, later a prominent journalist, is visible in glasses in the back right of the photo.)

Photo by Cecil Stoughton. From the collection of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum. (Photo ID number: 1A-19-WH63)

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