And Lyndon B. Johnson called his portrait the "ugliest thing I ever saw." Peter Hurd, a successful artist who painted the work, dismissed the president's "very damn rude" behavior in his comments ...

A previous version of this article incorrectly said Lyndon B. Johnson gave remarks at his portrait unveiling. He did not. The quip was made by former president Gerald R. Ford at the unveiling of ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson called his “the ugliest ... who showed him standing in front of the Capitol and holding a book. In the portrait, “Johnson looms like some hulking cow hand ...

Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about the assassination of President John Kennedy, the event that led to Lyndon Johnson assuming the presidency in 1963.