What Is the Office For?

Lyndon B. Johnson was at an important crossroads in his political career and in American history. It was November 27, 1963. Four days earlier, President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. The country was grieving and on edge. Suddenly, the 54 year-old Johnson was thrust into the highest office in the land. Johnson dreamed for years of achieving the presidency, but this was not how he…

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