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LBJ FORMALLY ACCEPTS LIBERAL PARTY’S
NOMINATION FORVICE PRESIDENT
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JOHNSON, LYNDON B. Typed Document Signed, declaration of candidacy of
the Liberal Party for Vice-President. 1 page, folio; NY Department of State ink stamp at
upper right (“Filed / Sep 19 1124 AM ‘60”), notary’s signature and embossed stamp at
lower edge, folds.With the original envelope. (TFC)
Albuquerque [from postmark], 14 September 1960
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I, Lyndon B. Johnson, the undersigned, residing at The LBJ Ranch . . . having been nominated as
the candidate . . . to the public office of Vice-President of the United States, in the general election to be
held on November 8, 1960, do hereby certify that I have accepted . . . the said nomination of the
Liberal Party . . . .”
This document is one of two known copies filed with the NY Department of State in Albany.
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Typed certificate of authentication, signed by the County Clerk of the Probate Court of
Bernalillo County, NM, certifying the notary who signed the document in this lot.
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page, folio; folds.
[Albuquerque], 14 September 1960.
JFK and LBJ were nominated by both the Democratic Party and the then-powerful Liberal Party of
NewYork. Johnson, who had declared his intention to run for president against JFK and who had dis-
avowed any interest in the vice presidency, surprised observers when he accepted Kennedy’s offer to be
his running mate.Without him, Kennedy would likely not have won TX, LA, and other Southern
states, which in turn would have cost him the election.