Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson
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Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as the 36th president of the United States (1963–1969), the 37th vice president (1961–1963); and as a United States senator (1949–1961) and United States representative (1937–1949) from Texas.
Texas's 10th congressional district special election, 1937
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 8,280 (27.65%)
- Merton Harris (D) - 5,111 (17.07%)
- Polk Shelton (D) - 4,420 (14.76%)
- Sam V. Stone (D) - 4,048 (13.52%)
- C. N. Avery (D) - 3,951 (13.19%)
- Houghton Brownlee (D) - 3,019 (10.08%)
- Ayers Ross (D) - 1,088 (3.63%)
Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1938
- unopposed
Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1940
- unopposed
Texas United States Senate special election, 1941:[1]
- W. Lee O'Daniel (D) - 175,590 (30.49%)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 174,279 (30.26%)
- Gerald C. Mann (D) - 140,807 (24.45%)
- Martin Dies Jr. (D) - 80,653 (14.01%)
- Samuel N. Morris (D) - 1,654 (0.29%)
- Joe Thompson (D) - 429 (0.07%)
- Politte Elvins (R) - 273 (0.05%)
- W. R. Jones (I) - 257 (0.05%)
- Joseph C. Bean (D) - 242 (0.04%)
- W. W. King (D) - 238 (0.04%)
- Arlon Davis (D) - 174 (0.03%)
- Guy B. Fisher (D) - 141 (0.02%)
- John C. Williams (D) - 128 (0.02%)
- W. E. Gilliland (D) - 96 (0.02%)
- Starl G. Newsome Jr. (D) - 96 (0.02%)
- A. E. Calvin (D) - 94 (0.02%)
- Basil Muse Hatfield (D) - 83 (0.01%)
- Bubba Hicks (D) - 77 (0.01%)
- Enoch Fletcher (R) - 71 (0.01%)
- W. C. Welch (D) - 69 (0.01%)
- Floyd E. Ryan (D) - 61 (0.01%)
- Walter A. Schultz (D) - 61 (0.01%)
- A. E. Harding (D) - 59 (0.01%)
- Robert Grammer Head (D) - 58 (0.01%)
- Homer Brooks (Communist) - 52 (0.01%)
- O. F. Health Sr. (D) - 51 (0.01%)
- John Romulus Brinkley (D) - 36 (0.01%)
- Edwin Waller III (D) - 28 (0.01%)
- Charles L. Somerville (D) - 20 (0.00%)
Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1942
- unopposed
Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1944
- Primary election (July 22, 1944)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 20,592 (68.30%)
- Buck Taylor (D) - 9,723 (31.69%)
- General election (November 7, 1944)
- unopposed
Texas's 10th congressional district election, 1946
- Primary election (July 27, 1946)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 34,712 (68.52%)
- Hardy Hollers (D) - 14,231 (28.09%)
- Charles E. King (D) - 1,714 (3.38%)
- General election (November 5, 1946)
- unopposed
Texas United States Senate election, 1948 (Democratic primary):[2]
- Coke Stevenson - 477,077 (39.68%)
- Lyndon B. Johnson - 405,617 (33.73%)
- George Peddy - 237,195 (19.73%)
Texas United States Senate election, 1948 (Democratic primary runoff):[3]
- Lyndon B. Johnson - 494,191[a] (50.00%)
- Coke Stevenson - 494,104 (50.00%)
Texas United States Senate election, 1948:[6]
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 702,985 (66.22%)
- Jack Porter (R) - 349,665 (32.94%)
- Samuel N. Morris (Prohibition) - 8,913 (0.84%)
Texas United States Senate election, 1954:[7]
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D) (inc.) - 538,417 (84.59%)
- Carlos G. Watson (R) - 95,033 (14.93%)
- Fred T. Spangler (Constitution) - 3,025 (0.48%)
1956 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):[8]
- Adlai Stevenson - 906 (65.89%)
- W. Averell Harriman - 210 (15.27%)
- Lyndon B. Johnson - 80 (5.82%)
- Stuart Symington - 46 (3.35%)
- Happy Chandler - 37 (2.69%)
- John S. Battle - 33 (2.40%)
- James C. Davis - 33 (2.40%)
- George Bell Timmerman - 24 (1.75%)
- Frank J. Lausche - 6 (0.44%)
1956 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):[9]
First ballot:
- Estes Kefauver - 466.5
- John F. Kennedy - 294.5
- Albert Gore Sr. - 178
- Robert F. Wagner Jr. - 162.5
- Hubert Humphrey - 134
- Luther Hodges - 40
- P. T. Maner - 33
- LeRoy Collins - 29
- Clinton Anderson - 16
- Frank G. Clement - 14
- Pat Brown - 1
- Lyndon B. Johnson - 1
- Stuart Symington - 1
1960 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):[10]
- John F. Kennedy - 806 (52.89%)
- Lyndon B. Johnson - 409 (26.84%)
- Stuart Symington - 86 (5.64%)
- Adlai Stevenson II - 80 (5.25%)
- Robert Meyner - 43 (2.82%)
- Hubert Humphrey - 42 (2.76%)
- George Smathers - 30 (1.97%)
- Ross Barnett - 23 (1.51%)
- Herschel C. Loveless - 2 (0.13%)
- Pat Brown - 1 (0.07%)
- Orval E. Faubus - 1 (0.07%)
- Albert Rosellini - 1 (0.07%)
1960 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):[11]
- Lyndon B. Johnson - 1,521 (100.00%)
1960 United States presidential election:
- John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 34,220,984 (49.7%) and 303 electoral votes (22 states carried)
- Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) - 34,108,157 (49.5%) and 219 electoral votes (26 states carried)
- Harry F. Byrd/Strom Thurmond (I) - 286,359 (0.4%) and 14 electoral votes (2 states carried)
- Harry F. Byrd/Barry Goldwater (I) - 1 electoral vote (Oklahoma faithless elector)
- Orval E. Faubus/James G. Crommelin (States' Rights) - 44,984 (0.1%)
Texas United States Senate election, 1960:[12]
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D) (inc.) - 1,306,625 (57.98%)
- John Tower (R) - 926,653 (41.12%)
- Bard A. Logan (Constitution) - 20,506 (0.91%)
1964 Democratic presidential primaries:[13]
- Pat Brown - 1,693,813 (27.26%)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 1,106,999 (17.82%)
- Sam Yorty - 798,431 (12.85%)
- George Wallace - 798,431 (12.85%)
- John W. Reynolds - 522,405 (8.41%)
- Albert S. Porter - 493,619 (7.94%)
- Matthew E. Welsh - 376,023 (6.05%)
- Daniel Brewster - 267,106 (4.30%)
- Jennings Randolph - 131,432 (2.12%)
- Unpledged - 81,614 (1.31%)
- Robert F. Kennedy - 36,258 (0.58%)
- Lar Daly - 15,160 (0.24%)
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. - 8,495 (0.14%)
- Albert J. Easter - 8,275 (0.13%)
- Adlai Stevenson II - 800 (0.01%)
- Hubert Humphrey - 548 (0.01%)
1964 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):[14]
- Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 2,316 (100.00%)
1964 United States presidential election:
- Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey (D) - 43,127,041 (61.1%) and 486 electoral votes (44 states and D.C. carried)
- Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller (R) - 27,175,754 (38.5%) and 52 electoral votes (6 states carried)
1968 Democratic presidential primaries:[15]
- Eugene McCarthy - 2,914,933 (38.73%)
- Robert F. Kennedy - 2,305,148 (30.63%)
- Stephen M. Young - 549,140 (7.30%)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 383,590 (5.10%)
- Thomas C. Lynch - 380,286 (5.05%)
- Roger D. Branigin - 238,700 (3.17%)
- George Smathers - 236,242 (3.14%)
- Hubert Humphrey - 166,463 (2.21%)
- Unpledged - 161,143 (2.14%)
- Scott Kelly - 128,899 (1.71%)
- George Wallace - 34,489 (0.46%)
- Richard Nixon (write-in) - 13,610 (0.18%)
- Ronald Reagan (write-in) - 5,309 (0.07%)
- Ted Kennedy - 4,052 (0.05%)
- Paul C. Fisher - 506 (0.01%)
- John G. Crommelin - 186 (0.00%)
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - Special Election Race - Jun 28, 1941".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - D Primary Race - Jul 24, 1948".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - D Runoff Race - Aug 28, 1948".
- ^ LBJ Part 1. The Presidents. PBS – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ "LBJ". PBS. 30 September 1991. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1948".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1954".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 13, 1956".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Aug 13, 1956".
- ^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 11, 1960
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Jul 11, 1960".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1960".
- ^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1964
- ^ "Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 24, 1964".
- ^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Mar 12, 1968
