Johnson retired to his Texas ranch, where he died in 1973. Public opinion and academic assessments of Johnson's legacy have fluctuated greatly. Historians and scholars rank Johnson in the upper tier for his accomplishments regarding domestic policy.

Lyndon Johnson died on January 22, 1973, just one day before the Paris Peace Accords ending the Vietnam War were concluded and two days after what would have been the end to his second term had he run and been reelected in 1968.

After leaving the presidency in 1969, Lyndon Johnson lived out the remaining four years of his life in retirement. One of his former speechwriters recounts how he spent it.

4 days ago · After attending his successor’s inauguration in January 1969, Johnson retired to his home in Texas, the LBJ Ranch near Johnson City, where he worked on plans for his presidential library (dedicated May 1971) and wrote his memoirs, The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963–1969 (1971).

Oct 29, 2009 · Despite his impressive achievements, however, Johnson’s legacy was marred by his failure to lead the nation out of the quagmire of the Vietnam War. He declined to run for a second term in office...

In the 1960 campaign, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President as John F. Kennedy’s running mate. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as the 36th United States President, with a vision to …

Lyndon B. Johnson's tenure as the 36th president of the United States began on November 22, 1963, upon the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and ended on January 20, 1969. He had been vice president for 1,036 days when he succeeded to the presidency.

Jan 14, 2025 · Prologue, the quarterly magazine of the National Archives and Records Administration, reviews, in text and photos, LBJ’s turbulent five years in the White House. The article was written by Harry Middleton, the now-retired longtime director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.

Feb 6, 2020 · But it didn't suit him and after a year he dropped out. When he was named the Director of National Youth Administration in Texas (1935–37), he left Kleberg's office. Building on that, Johnson was elected as a U.S. representative, a post he held from 1937–1949.

Johnson retired when Nixon was inaugurated on January 20, 1969. On March 31, 1968, then-incumbent U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson made a surprise announcement during a televised address to the nation that began around 9 p.m., [1] declaring that he would ...