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Johnson's sudden ascension to the presidency was unexpected, so was the impressive success of his first year in office canonical: https://time.com/4342478/lyndon-johnson-all-the-way/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-20T15:30:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:42:13.812Z article:section: History og:title: Before You Watch 'All the Way,' Read These Reports from LBJ's First Year in Office og:description: Here's the history behind the biopic, starring with Bryan Cranston as President Johnson og:url: https://time.com/4342478/lyndon-johnson-all-the-way/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c9d64a5b846a2a7/6988940bab6d7734f96a9c44/1101631129_400.jpg?branch=production&width=400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 400 og:image:height: 225 og:image:alt: Nov. 29, 1963 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Before You Watch 'All the Way,' Read These Reports from LBJ's First Year in Office twitter:description: Here's the history behind the biopic, starring with Bryan Cranston as President Johnson twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c9d64a5b846a2a7/6988940bab6d7734f96a9c44/1101631129_400.jpg?branch=production&width=400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Before Watching _All the Way_, Read These Reports from LBJ's First Year in Office > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian May 20, 2016 3:30 PM UTC  The Nov. 29, 1963, cover of TIME The Nov. 29, 1963, cover of TIME Cover Credit: BERNARD SAFRAN  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian May 20, 2016 3:30 PM UTC Just as Lyndon B. Johnson’s sudden ascension to the presidency due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was unexpected, so was the impressive productivity and success of his first year in office. The former Democratic senator from Texas was an exceedingly adept politician, pushing through major legislation and winning an election during a tumultuous time for the country. A cunning and complicated figure, Johnson’s character still intrigues today — just look at the popularity of [Robert A. Caro](http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,1630569172001%5F2114379,00.html)‘s impressively thorough series of biographies, or the Broadway play based on LBJ’s first year in office, [_All the Way._ ](http://time.com/4020411/hbo-bryan-cranston-lbj/)An [adaptation](http://www.hbo.com/movies/all-the-way/synopsis.html) of that Robert Schenkkan play premieres on Saturday on HBO. [_Get your history fix in one place: sign up for the weekly TIME History newsletter_](http://time.com/newsletter) Before you tune in to watch Bryan Cranston as LBJ and Anthony Mackie as Martin Luther King Jr., brush up on the major moments of Johnson’s first year in office. Taken from the TIME archive, these stories give a narrative of the year that was written as it happened: **Oath of Office** Here’s an account of Vice President Lyndon Johnson taking the Oath of Office aboard Air Force One, just 98 minutes after John Kennedy was declared dead, from a Nov. 29, 1963 write-up in TIME titled “[The Transfer of Power](http://time.com/vault/issue/1963-11-29/page/31/)“: --- > “” --- **MORE:** [Bryan Cranston Talks Walter White, LBJ and His Own Political Ambitions](http://time.com/4324755/bryan-cranston-walter-white/) **Hitting the Ground Running** In [the Dec. 13, 1963 issue](http://time.com/vault/issue/1963-12-13/page/29/), the magazine assessed the new president’s priorities: --- > “” --- **Wheeling and Dealing** By early 1964, the Revenue Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act were both moving ahead—to the surprise of many. As explained by this piece called “[The Skipper & the Ship](http://time.com/vault/issue/1964-02-14/page/25/)” from TIME’s Feb. 14, 1964 issue, some wondered whether Kennedy or Johnson deserved more credit: --- > “” --- **A Shining Moment** LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act into effect on July 2, 1964\. TIME [framed the landmark legislation](http://time.com/vault/issue/1964-07-10/page/26/) with the story of 13-year-old Eugene Young getting a haircut at a barbershop that had refused him the day before: --- > “” --- **MORE:** [What Martin Luther King Really Thought About Lyndon Baines Johnson](http://time.com/3654086/mlk-lbj-selma-debate/) **Election Elation** All the while, Johnson had been campaigning against renegade Republican [Barry Goldwater](http://time.com/4338450/republican-barry-goldwater-donald-trump-1964/). In November, he clinched the presidency in his first election to the position he already held, with 61.05% of the popular vote — setting a new record. 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