Johnson was to the right of Kennedy
Ford was to the right of Nixon
Carter was to the right of Ford
Clinton was to the right of Carter
How is that possible?
I'm talking about in terms of personal viewpoints, rather than acts as President, honestly. Although even by that measure, Johnson is decidedly to the right of Kennedy, as the welfare programs he established are all fairly liberal (in the traditional sense of the term) in character, applying means-tested benefits as opposed to solidaristic, universal benefits, which the Kennedy administration seemed to be more comfortable with, at least given the job program it enacted in the early 1960s (I can't seem to remember the exact name of that legislation at the moment, unfortunately)
