In this Aug. 10, 1964 file photo, President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Joint Resolution for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security, also known as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ...

President Lyndon Johnson's Announcement Not to Run for Reelection In a televised speech from the Oval Office on March 31st, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson announced his decision not to run for re ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson is shown during his nationwide television broadcast from the White House on March 31, 1968. Image: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive ...

To Lyndon B. Johnson, the essence of leadership lay in building consensus among diverse groups.