He announced that he would not seek re-election.
He formally announced that he would not seek reelection to the presidency.
President Johnson told the nation on March 31st 1968 that he would not be running for re-election. He also announced that he will be devoting his last months of presidency to making peace in North Vietnam.
Because he was the president! If I were president I would enjoy it too
I would have voted against President Johnson because he did something wrong and he should pay for it.
Andrew Johnson (1801-1875) of Tennessee. Served as vice-president from March-April 1865. Johnson succeeded to the presidency on the assassination of President Lincoln. Johnson would be the first president to be impeached by Congress(S.Menzel)
President Lyndon B. Johnson became president when Kennedy was killed, so he served out Kennedy's remaining term and then won re-election to serve as president. However, he announced in the Spring of 1968 that he would neither seek nor run for another term as President.
He declared that he would not run for an additional term as president.
Andrew Johnson, who would succeed Lincoln as president.
Andrew Johnson (1801-1875) of Tennessee. Served as vice-president from March-April 1865. Johnson succeeded to the presidency on the assassination of President Lincoln. Johnson would be the first president to be impeached by Congress(S.Menzel)
If Lyndon B. Johnson had died before being re-elected, Hubert Humphrey would have been next in line to assume the presidency. Humphrey was Johnson's vice president and would have been next in the line of succession.
that he would not seek reelection.