Lyndon B. Johnson Cabinet

Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States

Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as President of the United States on November 22, 1963 . Shortly before, his predecessor, John F. Kennedy , had been shot in Dallas . Johnson was confirmed in office in 1964 by one of the clearest majorities in US history; After this election victory, he was also able to appoint a new Vice President , Hubert H. Humphrey .

Of the ministers who Johnson took over from John F. Kennedy without exception, Dean Rusk , Stewart Lee Udall , Orville Freeman and W. Willard Wirtz remained in the cabinet until 1969. Under Johnson's presidency, the Department of Construction and the Department of Transportation were created. In 1966, Johnson appointed the African-American Robert C. Weaver as US Secretary of Construction. It was the first time in US history that an African American became a minister.

The Cabinet

Department / Office	Official	Period
President of the United States	Lyndon Baines Johnson	1963-1969
Vice President of the United States	vacant	1963-1965
Vice President of the United States	Hubert Horatio Humphrey	1965-1969

United States Secretary of State	David Dean Rusk	1963-1969
United States Secretary of the Treasury	Clarence Douglas Dillon	1963-1965
	Henry Hammill Fowler	1965-1968
	Joseph Walker Barr	1968-1969
United States Secretary of Defense	Robert Strange McNamara	1963-1968
United States Secretary of Defense	Clark McAdams Clifford	1968-1969
United States Attorney General	Robert Francis Kennedy	1963-1964
	Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach	1965-1966
	William Ramsey Clark	1967-1969
United States Postal Secretary	John Austin Gronouski	1963-1965
	Lawrence David O'Brien	1965-1968
	William Marvin Watson	1968-1969
United States Secretary of the Interior	Stewart Lee Udall	1963-1969
United States Secretary of Agriculture	Orville Lothrop Freeman	1963-1969
United States Secretary of Commerce	Luther Hartwell Hodges	1963-1965
	John Thomas Connor	1965-1967
	Alexander Buel Trowbridge	1967-1968
	Cyrus Rowlett Smith	1968-1969
United States Secretary of Labor	William Willard Wirtz	1963-1969
United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare	Anthony Joseph Celebrezze	1963-1965
	John William Gardner	1965-1968
	Wilbur Joseph Cohen	1968-1969
United States Secretary of Construction	Robert Clifton Weaver	1966-1968
United States Secretary of Construction	Robert Coldwell Wood	1968-1969
United States Secretary of Transportation	Alan Stephenson Boyd	1967-1969
White House Chief of Staff	William Marvin Watson	1963-1968
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Kermit Gordon	1963-1965
	Charles L. Schultze	1965-1968
	Charles Zwick	1968-1969

Footnotes

↑ Johnson was a driving force behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964 .

[1] Johnson was a driving force behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964 .


Vice President	Hubert H. Humphrey (1965–1969)
Foreign minister	Dean Rusk (1963-1969)
Finance minister	C. Douglas Dillon (1963-1965) \| Henry H. Fowler (1965-1968) \| Joseph W. Barr (1968–1969)
Defense Minister	Robert McNamara (1963-1968) \| Clark M. Clifford (1968-1969)
Minister of Justice	Robert F. Kennedy (1963-1964) \| Nicholas Katzenbach (1965–1966) \| Ramsey Clark (1967-1969)
Post Minister	John A. Gronouski (1963-1965) \| Larry O'Brien (1965-1968) \| W. Marvin Watson (1968-1969)
Interior minister	Stewart Udall (1963-1969)
Minister of Agriculture	Orville Freeman (1963-1969)
Minister of Commerce	Luther Hodges (1963–1965) \| John T. Connor (1965-1967) \| Alexander Trowbridge (1967-1968) \| Cyrus Rowlett Smith (1968-1969)
Minister of Labor	W. Willard Wirtz (1963-1969)
Minister of Health, Education and Welfare	Anthony J. Celebrezze (1963-1965) \| John W. Gardner (1965–1968) \| Wilbur J. Cohen (1968–1969)
Building minister	Robert C. Weaver (1966–1968) \| Robert Coldwell Wood (1968-1969)
Minister of transport	Alan Stephenson Boyd (1967-1969)