Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-1A-7-63
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: Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy (back to camera); Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); President Johnson (back to camera); dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith (in shadow); Judge Sarah T. Hughes (back to camera); First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; unidentified (in back); Representative Homer Thornberry of Texas (face hidden); unidentified; 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; unidentified.