The last U.S. President in the 1960s was Richard Nixon, not Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy, or Lyndon B. Johnson. Richard Nixon succeeded Lyndon B. Johnson as President in January 1969. Nixon’s presidency marked the transition from the turbulent 1960s into the 1970s, and he served as the 37th President of the United States until his resignation in 1974. While Gerald Ford became President after Nixon’s resignation, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, and Lyndon B. Johnson served as President until 1969, making Richard Nixon the final U.S. President of the 1960s.