Photograph
White House Photographs
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President Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office on Air Force One at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Left to right: media liaison, Jack Valenti (on edge of frame); Judge Sarah T. Hughes (administering oath); Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; Dallas Police Chief, Jesse Curry (face partially hidden by President Johnson’s raised hand); President Johnson; Representative Homer Thornberry (Texas); former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy; Representative Jack Brooks (Texas); Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the Peace Corps, Bill Moyers (in back); President Kennedy’s physician, Admiral Dr. George G. Burkley; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell.