When it became known that Lichtenhein would gain Johnson's salary for playing in the series, Johnson contemplated refusing to play.

After Walter Johnson ’ s retirement in 1927, he was hired as manager of the Senators.

President Lyndon Johnson offered Dewey a number of positions on several blue ribbon commissions, as well as a seat on the U. S. Supreme Court, but Dewey declined them all, for he preferred to remain in political retirement and concentrate on his highly profitable law firm.

Owing to his unrelenting opposition to the Johnson administration's Vietnam policy and what was widely perceived as his hostility to Secretary McNamara, LeMay was essentially forced into retirement in February 1965 and seemed headed for a political career.

In June 1968, Warren, fearing that Nixon would be elected president that year, worked out a retirement deal with President Johnson.

In 1910, former undefeated heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries came out of retirement to challenge Johnson.

Johnson came out of retirement in the 1995 – 96 season to lead the then 24 – 18 Lakers to a 29 – 11 finish.

Bunning's 2, 855 career strikeouts put him in second place on the all-time list at the time of his retirement, behind only Walter Johnson.

Johnson then became a champion NASCAR racer, winning 50 NASCAR races before his retirement.

The first " great white hope " to accept the challenge was Jim Jeffries, who came out of retirement to fight Johnson unsuccessfully in 1910.

Woods reportedly was uncomfortable with the financial arrangements of the band, health problems forced Johnson into retirement, and drummer Dave Mattacks ' period as an unofficial member came to an end during this time.

Armed with the results, Knight persuaded Prior and Genocky to rejoin, coaxed Johnson out of a health-induced retirement, and along with Kemp and Knight, they released Present -- The Very Best of Steeleye Span ( 2002 ), a 2-disc set of new recordings of the songs.

" GM gave him a Florida Cadillac franchise as a retirement gift, and DeLorean did in fact take over the presidency of The National Alliance of Businessmen, a charitable organization with the mission of employing Americans in need, founded by Lyndon Johnson and Henry Ford.

Ferd Johnson stayed with the strip until it came to an end upon his retirement in 1991.

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded him a gold medal for distinguished federal civilian service saying Tolson “ has been a vital force in raising the proficiency of law enforcement at all levels and in guiding the Federal Bureau of Investigation to new heights of accomplishment through periods of great National challenge .” In 1970, although Tolson was too old for police duty and past retirement age, Hoover kept him employed in the FBI.

This “ retirement ” was forced by AL President Ban Johnson after a scandal involving gambling broke in, in which Dutch Leonard claimed that Speaker and Ty Cobb fixed at least one Cleveland-Detroit game.

Beckett was chosen to fight the parliamentary seat of Derby South after the retirement of the sitting MP, Walter Johnson.

On his retirement from teaching he devoted himself to the study of English 18th century literature, and established his reputation as the most learned commentator on the works of Samuel Johnson.

Gillette finally came fully out of retirement in October 1894 in Too Much Johnson, adapted from the French farce, La Plantation Thomassin, by Maurice Ordonneau.

In 1997 with the retirement of Dean Richards, Johnson was made club captain but only captained the side when Richards was not playing.

Following the retirement of key players like Lawrence Dallaglio and Martin Johnson, and finishing second in the 6 Nations after the World Cup success, he found the politics of English rugby difficult to deal with, particularly the Premiership clubs ' relations with the England management.

Although Yarborough supported Johnson's domestic agenda, he went public with his criticism of Johnson's foreign policy and the Vietnam War after Johnson announced his retirement.

He was re-elected to parliament at the 2001 general election for the East Sussex seat of Wealden following the retirement of the veteran Conservative MP Geoffrey Johnson Smith.

During his retirement, Admiral Radford continued to advise Presidents Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson whenever called upon to do so, and Radford was also selected as a member of the Draper Committee.

" We saw Steve Burns ' retirement from the show as a chance to put Blue's Clues on a new course ", Johnson said.

In 1899, Cole met two brothers from Jacksonville Florida who paved the path of the rest of his career in show business: his partnership with James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson, especially J. R. Johnson, lasted until his retirement in 1911.

Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American Civil War.

At this time Johnson built a larger home in Greeneville ( Eliza had given birth to another son and his mother had moved in with them following the death of his stepfather.

When Brown retired as head coach following the 1975 season and appointed Bill " Tiger " Johnson as his successor, Walsh resigned and served as an assistant coach for Tommy Prothro with the San Diego Chargers in 1976.

Steve Carlton in 1982 became the first pitcher to win more than three Cy Young Awards, while Greg Maddux in 1994 became the first to win at least three in a row ( and received a fourth straight the following year ), a feat later repeated by Randy Johnson.

During a taping of Mason's monologue Sullivan, off camera, gestured that Mason should wrap things up by giving him two fingers, meaning " two minutes left ", as the show was suddenly shown live following an abbreviated address by President Lyndon Johnson, which was expected to preempt the entire show.

In July 2010, complaints were received following the storyline of Christian minister Lucas Johnson committing a number of murders that he believed was his duty to God, claiming that the storyline was offensive to Christians.

It would be the band's final album of all-new material, and lead singer Holly Johnson would leave the band following the corresponding world tour, followed by a flurry of lawsuits from ZTT.

* 1968 – U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

* 1963 – U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson makes his first address to Congress as president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy five days prior.

Lyndon B. Johnson was the only president under the amendment to be eligible to serve more than two terms in total, having served for only fourteen months following John F. Kennedy's assassination.

* 1910: Nationwide riots following the heavyweight championship fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries in Reno, Nevada on July 4

President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in following the John F. Kennedy assassination | assassination of President John F. Kennedy | John Kennedy.

Etheridge quit the band in January 1970, and was replaced by Michael " Cadillac " Johnson ; Johnson was replaced by Dusty Hill the following month: The finalized lineup of ZZ Top performed their first show on February 10, 1970 in Beaumont, Texas.

** American President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act, which goes into effect the following year.

The band got their first positive press in late December, with Johnson tipping them for success in 1985 in Sounds, with a feature on the band following in January.

For this result see Horn & Johnson, 1985, page 218 and following.

The following four years would be the only time that the president and vice-president were from different parties ( John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun would later be elected president and vice-president as political opponents, but they were both Democratic-Republicans candidates ; Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln's second vice-president, was a Democrat, but Lincoln ran on a combined Union ticket in 1864, not as a strict Republican ).

Richard M. Johnson offered the following resolution: " It is inexpedient, at this time, to proceed to the nomination of persons for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States.

The incumbent President, Andrew Johnson, who succeeded to the presidency in 1865 following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, was unsuccessful in his attempt to receive his Democratic presidential nomination due to his unpopularity.

Johnson succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, completed Kennedy's term and was elected President in his own right, winning by a large margin in the 1964 election.

In the days following the assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson made an address to Congress: " No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the Civil Rights Bill for which he fought so long.

Johnson expanded the numbers and roles of the American military following the Gulf of Tonkin Incident ( less than three weeks after the Republican Convention of 1964, which had nominated Barry Goldwater for President ).

Johnson was following the moderate Lincoln Presidential Reconstruction policy to get the states readmitted as soon as possible.

* Vice Presidents John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson and Chester Arthur succeeded to the Presidency following the deaths of their predecessors.