Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-1A-21-63
Officials gather inside Air Force One for the swearing-in of President Lyndon B. Johnson at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Left to right: media liaison, Jack Valenti; former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy (back to camera); Representative Albert Thomas of Texas (mostly hidden); dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; Dallas Police Chief, Jesse Curry; First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; Secretary to Mrs. Kennedy, Mary Gallagher (in back); President Kennedy’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln (mostly hidden); President Johnson; Representative Homer Thornberry of Texas (partially hidden); Mrs. Kennedy’s Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure; Representative Jack Brooks (Texas); Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the Peace Corps, Bill Moyers (in back); unidentified.