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The Pros And Cons Of President Lyndon Baines Johnson

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Senator Robert Kennedy of New York state was assassinated and ultimately incumbent Vice President of the United States Hubert Humphrey won the democratic presidential nomination after the withdrawal of his boss, President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
The race between two Vice Presidents for the office of the presidency of the United States of America ended with the Former Vice President of the United States of America, Richard Milhous Nixon, who served under President Dwight David Eisenhower beating the incumbent Vice President of the United States of America, Hubert Humphrey, who was currently serving under President Lyndon Baines Johnson. This victory by President Richard Milhous Nixon, who voters narrowly rejected just a decade earlier indicates

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