Presidents and the Hey Day of Horse Racing in the Federal City
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Lyndon B. Johnson
- Artist
- Elizabeth Shoumatoff
- Date of Work
- 1968
- Medium
- Oil on Canvas
- Type
- Portrait
- Credit
- The White House Historical Association
Lyndon B. Johnson
President Lyndon Baines Johnson by Elizabeth Shoumatoff, is an oil on canvas
This oil on canvas portrait of President Lyndon Johnson was painted by Elizabeth Shoumatoff. Johnson was vice president at the time of President Kennedy's assassination and became president upon Kennedy's death on November 22, 1963. He was then elected president in his own right in 1964 and served until January 20, 1969. His earlier career included serving in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, where he was the Majority Leader from 1955 until 1961.
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