At the 1960 Democratic National Convention , a rift had begun to form in the relationship between Clement and Ellington . The former endorsed John F. Kennedy for president , and the latter endorsed Lyndon B. Johnson . Following his first term as governor , which ended in 1963 , Ellington returned to the private sector , working as a vice president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad . Vice President Lyndon Johnson succeeded Kennedy to the presidency after he was assassinated in Dallas in November 1963
1960 Democratic National Convention
1960 Democratic National Convention
Buford Ellington